COVID-19: Update on Health Care Workers' Mental Health and Coping During the Pandemic. Issue 1 (January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kim, Son Chae; Rankin, Larry
• Is Part Of: Critical care nursing quarterly. Volume 45:Issue 1(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-01
• Subjects: anxiety -- coping -- COVID-19 -- depression -- health care workers -- pandemic; Critical care medicine -- Periodicals; Intensive care nursing -- Periodicals; Education, Nursing, Continuing -- Periodicals; Critical Care -- Periodicals; Emergencies -- Periodicals; 616.028
• DOI: 10.1097/CNQ.0000000000000384
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0887-9303

Abstract

Abstract : During the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers experienced much higher symptoms of anxiety or depression than during the prepandemic period. As coping mechanisms, high resilience, spirituality, and satisfaction with family functioning were associated with 2- to 3-fold lower odds of anxiety or depression. Health care organizations may consider implementing evidence-based and practical supportive measures to help health care workers maintain good mental health during and after the pandemic.