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Evaluation of mental well-being and occupational burnout among health care workers one year after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Monika Nowak
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Mateusz Malinowski
https://doi.org/10.48269/2451-0858-pis-2024-2-002
Abstract
Introduction: The prolonged COVID-19 pandemic situation posed a significant risk of burnout and negative effects on the mental health of health care workers (HCWs).
Material and methods: The study group consisted of 97 HCWs who were actively employed during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. To assess their mental well-being, the following tools were used: the Link Burnout Questionnaire (LBQ), the Stress Perception Questionnaire (SPQ), the Inventory for Measuring Coping with Stress (COPE), and the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI).
Results: Significant differences were found in the use of stress coping strategies depending on age, gender, and years of work experience. 39% of HCWs exhibited a high level of Psychophysical exhaustion (LBQ), while 42% showed subthreshold insomnia. Individual dimensions of stress from the
Stress Perception Questionnaire (SPQ) significantly and positively correlated with LBQ and ISI.
Conclusions: It is recommended that the mental health of HCWs should be continuously monitored and that they should develop the ability to implement appropriate coping strategies in crisis situations, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which may reduce the effects of stress, the impact of which on burnout and insomnia was demonstrated in this study.
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COVID-19 , burnout syndrome , mental health , health care workersDownload files
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Vol. 24 No. 2 (2024)
Published: 2024-12-18
10.31749/2451-0858-SaS
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