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Distress and Wellbeing among General Practitioners in 33 Countries during COVID-19: Results from the Cross-Sectional PRICOV-19 Study to Inform Health System Interventions

Emerging literature is highlighting the huge toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline health workers. However, prior to the crisis, the wellbeing of this group was already of concern. The aim of this paper is to describe the frequency of distress and wellbeing, measured by the expanded 9-item Mayo...

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Autores principales: Collins, Claire, Clays, Els, Van Poel, Esther, Cholewa, Joanna, Tripkovic, Katica, Nessler, Katarzyna, de Rouffignac, Ségolène, Šantrić Milićević, Milena, Bukumiric, Zoran, Adler, Limor, Ponsar, Cécile, Murauskiene, Liubove, Ožvačić Adžić, Zlata, Windak, Adam, Asenova, Radost, Willems, Sara
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9101443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35565070
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095675
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author Collins, Claire
Clays, Els
Van Poel, Esther
Cholewa, Joanna
Tripkovic, Katica
Nessler, Katarzyna
de Rouffignac, Ségolène
Šantrić Milićević, Milena
Bukumiric, Zoran
Adler, Limor
Ponsar, Cécile
Murauskiene, Liubove
Ožvačić Adžić, Zlata
Windak, Adam
Asenova, Radost
Willems, Sara
author_facet Collins, Claire
Clays, Els
Van Poel, Esther
Cholewa, Joanna
Tripkovic, Katica
Nessler, Katarzyna
de Rouffignac, Ségolène
Šantrić Milićević, Milena
Bukumiric, Zoran
Adler, Limor
Ponsar, Cécile
Murauskiene, Liubove
Ožvačić Adžić, Zlata
Windak, Adam
Asenova, Radost
Willems, Sara
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description Emerging literature is highlighting the huge toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline health workers. However, prior to the crisis, the wellbeing of this group was already of concern. The aim of this paper is to describe the frequency of distress and wellbeing, measured by the expanded 9-item Mayo Clinic Wellbeing Index (eWBI), among general practitioners/family physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify levers to mitigate the risk of distress. Data were collected by means of an online self-reported questionnaire among GP practices. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software using Version 7 of the database, which consisted of the cleaned data of 33 countries available as of 3 November 2021. Data from 3711 respondents were included. eWBI scores ranged from −2 to 9, with a median of 3. Using a cutoff of ≥2, 64.5% of respondents were considered at risk of distress. GPs with less experience, in smaller practices, and with more vulnerable patient populations were at a higher risk of distress. Significant differences in wellbeing scores were noted between countries. Collaboration from other practices and perception of having adequate governmental support were significant protective factors for distress. It is necessary to address practice- and system-level organizational factors in order to enhance wellbeing and support primary care physicians.
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spelling pubmed-91014432022-05-14 Distress and Wellbeing among General Practitioners in 33 Countries during COVID-19: Results from the Cross-Sectional PRICOV-19 Study to Inform Health System Interventions Collins, Claire Clays, Els Van Poel, Esther Cholewa, Joanna Tripkovic, Katica Nessler, Katarzyna de Rouffignac, Ségolène Šantrić Milićević, Milena Bukumiric, Zoran Adler, Limor Ponsar, Cécile Murauskiene, Liubove Ožvačić Adžić, Zlata Windak, Adam Asenova, Radost Willems, Sara Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Emerging literature is highlighting the huge toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline health workers. However, prior to the crisis, the wellbeing of this group was already of concern. The aim of this paper is to describe the frequency of distress and wellbeing, measured by the expanded 9-item Mayo Clinic Wellbeing Index (eWBI), among general practitioners/family physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify levers to mitigate the risk of distress. Data were collected by means of an online self-reported questionnaire among GP practices. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software using Version 7 of the database, which consisted of the cleaned data of 33 countries available as of 3 November 2021. Data from 3711 respondents were included. eWBI scores ranged from −2 to 9, with a median of 3. Using a cutoff of ≥2, 64.5% of respondents were considered at risk of distress. GPs with less experience, in smaller practices, and with more vulnerable patient populations were at a higher risk of distress. Significant differences in wellbeing scores were noted between countries. Collaboration from other practices and perception of having adequate governmental support were significant protective factors for distress. It is necessary to address practice- and system-level organizational factors in order to enhance wellbeing and support primary care physicians. MDPI 2022-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9101443/ /pubmed/35565070 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095675 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Collins, Claire
Clays, Els
Van Poel, Esther
Cholewa, Joanna
Tripkovic, Katica
Nessler, Katarzyna
de Rouffignac, Ségolène
Šantrić Milićević, Milena
Bukumiric, Zoran
Adler, Limor
Ponsar, Cécile
Murauskiene, Liubove
Ožvačić Adžić, Zlata
Windak, Adam
Asenova, Radost
Willems, Sara
Distress and Wellbeing among General Practitioners in 33 Countries during COVID-19: Results from the Cross-Sectional PRICOV-19 Study to Inform Health System Interventions
title Distress and Wellbeing among General Practitioners in 33 Countries during COVID-19: Results from the Cross-Sectional PRICOV-19 Study to Inform Health System Interventions
title_full Distress and Wellbeing among General Practitioners in 33 Countries during COVID-19: Results from the Cross-Sectional PRICOV-19 Study to Inform Health System Interventions
title_fullStr Distress and Wellbeing among General Practitioners in 33 Countries during COVID-19: Results from the Cross-Sectional PRICOV-19 Study to Inform Health System Interventions
title_full_unstemmed Distress and Wellbeing among General Practitioners in 33 Countries during COVID-19: Results from the Cross-Sectional PRICOV-19 Study to Inform Health System Interventions
title_short Distress and Wellbeing among General Practitioners in 33 Countries during COVID-19: Results from the Cross-Sectional PRICOV-19 Study to Inform Health System Interventions
title_sort distress and wellbeing among general practitioners in 33 countries during covid-19: results from the cross-sectional pricov-19 study to inform health system interventions
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9101443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35565070
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095675
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