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Mental well-being of healthcare workers in two hospital districts with differing COVID-19 incidence: Noora Rantanen

OBJECTIVES: Healthcare systems and healthcare workers have been under considerable strain during the COVID-19 pandemic in many countries. Our study aimed to assess the mental well-being of Finnish healthcare workers from two hospital districts with differing COVID-19 incidence rates (HUS, Hospital d...

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Autores principales: Rantanen, N, Lieslehto, J, Oksanen, L-MAH, Oksanen, SA, Anttila, V-J, Lehtonen, L, Geneid, A, Sanmark, E
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9594420/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac130.145
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author Rantanen, N
Lieslehto, J
Oksanen, L-MAH
Oksanen, SA
Anttila, V-J
Lehtonen, L
Geneid, A
Sanmark, E
author_facet Rantanen, N
Lieslehto, J
Oksanen, L-MAH
Oksanen, SA
Anttila, V-J
Lehtonen, L
Geneid, A
Sanmark, E
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description OBJECTIVES: Healthcare systems and healthcare workers have been under considerable strain during the COVID-19 pandemic in many countries. Our study aimed to assess the mental well-being of Finnish healthcare workers from two hospital districts with differing COVID-19 incidence rates (HUS, Hospital district of Helsinki and Uusimaa/Helsinki University Hospital; and Kymsote, Social and Health services in Kymenlaakso region) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The data of this prospective survey study was collected during summer 2020, and a total of 996 healthcare workers (HUS N = 862, Kymsote N = 134) participated. Mental health symptoms were self-reported, and symptom criteria followed ICD-10 classification, excluding duration criteria. We divided participants into symptom categories “often/sometimes” (those who met the diagnostic criteria), and “rarely/never” (those not meeting the diagnostic criteria), and compared these groups to sociodemographic factors and factors related to work, workload, and well-being. RESULTS: Despite differences in COVID-19 incidence, the degree of mental health symptoms did not differ between HUS and Kymsote districts (p = 1). A significant relationship was found between self-reported diagnostic mental health symptoms and experiences of insufficient instructions for protection against COVID-19 (in HUS cohort, p < 0.001), insufficient recovery from work (p < 0.001), and subjective increased workload (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: These findings show the importance of sufficient, well-designed instructions for protection from SARS-CoV-2 for healthcare workers, indicating their need to feel safe and protected at work. The workload of healthcare workers should be carefully monitored to keep it moderate and ensure their adequate recovery from work. Sufficient control of the epidemic to keep the burden of the healthcare system as low as possible is essential for healthcare workers’ well-being. KEY MESSAGES: Workload of healthcare workers should be carefully monitored during a pandemic to keep it moderate and ensure adequate recovery in all regions, regardless of the local disease burden. The importance of sufficient, well-designed instructions for healthcare workers and their need to feel safe and protected at work.
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spelling pubmed-95944202022-11-04 Mental well-being of healthcare workers in two hospital districts with differing COVID-19 incidence: Noora Rantanen Rantanen, N Lieslehto, J Oksanen, L-MAH Oksanen, SA Anttila, V-J Lehtonen, L Geneid, A Sanmark, E Eur J Public Health Poster Walks OBJECTIVES: Healthcare systems and healthcare workers have been under considerable strain during the COVID-19 pandemic in many countries. Our study aimed to assess the mental well-being of Finnish healthcare workers from two hospital districts with differing COVID-19 incidence rates (HUS, Hospital district of Helsinki and Uusimaa/Helsinki University Hospital; and Kymsote, Social and Health services in Kymenlaakso region) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The data of this prospective survey study was collected during summer 2020, and a total of 996 healthcare workers (HUS N = 862, Kymsote N = 134) participated. Mental health symptoms were self-reported, and symptom criteria followed ICD-10 classification, excluding duration criteria. We divided participants into symptom categories “often/sometimes” (those who met the diagnostic criteria), and “rarely/never” (those not meeting the diagnostic criteria), and compared these groups to sociodemographic factors and factors related to work, workload, and well-being. RESULTS: Despite differences in COVID-19 incidence, the degree of mental health symptoms did not differ between HUS and Kymsote districts (p = 1). A significant relationship was found between self-reported diagnostic mental health symptoms and experiences of insufficient instructions for protection against COVID-19 (in HUS cohort, p < 0.001), insufficient recovery from work (p < 0.001), and subjective increased workload (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: These findings show the importance of sufficient, well-designed instructions for protection from SARS-CoV-2 for healthcare workers, indicating their need to feel safe and protected at work. The workload of healthcare workers should be carefully monitored to keep it moderate and ensure their adequate recovery from work. Sufficient control of the epidemic to keep the burden of the healthcare system as low as possible is essential for healthcare workers’ well-being. KEY MESSAGES: Workload of healthcare workers should be carefully monitored during a pandemic to keep it moderate and ensure adequate recovery in all regions, regardless of the local disease burden. The importance of sufficient, well-designed instructions for healthcare workers and their need to feel safe and protected at work. Oxford University Press 2022-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9594420/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac130.145 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Rantanen, N
Lieslehto, J
Oksanen, L-MAH
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Anttila, V-J
Lehtonen, L
Geneid, A
Sanmark, E
Mental well-being of healthcare workers in two hospital districts with differing COVID-19 incidence: Noora Rantanen
title Mental well-being of healthcare workers in two hospital districts with differing COVID-19 incidence: Noora Rantanen
title_full Mental well-being of healthcare workers in two hospital districts with differing COVID-19 incidence: Noora Rantanen
title_fullStr Mental well-being of healthcare workers in two hospital districts with differing COVID-19 incidence: Noora Rantanen
title_full_unstemmed Mental well-being of healthcare workers in two hospital districts with differing COVID-19 incidence: Noora Rantanen
title_short Mental well-being of healthcare workers in two hospital districts with differing COVID-19 incidence: Noora Rantanen
title_sort mental well-being of healthcare workers in two hospital districts with differing covid-19 incidence: noora rantanen
topic Poster Walks
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9594420/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac130.145
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