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How can we help healthcare workers during a catastrophic event such as the COVID-19 pandemic
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Healthcare workers (HCWs) have significantly suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic, reporting a high prevalence of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We investigated with this survey whether HCWs benefitted from supportive measures put in place by hospitals and how these measures were perceived. This cross-sectional survey, which was conducted during the first wave of COVID-19 at the Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland, between May and July 2021, collected information on the use and perception of practical and mental health support measures provided by the hospital. In total, 3461 HCWs participated in the study. Regarding the practical support measures, 2896 (84%) participants found them useful, and 2650 (76%) used them. Regarding the mental health support measures, 3149 (90%) participants found useful to have the possibility of attending hypnosis sessions, 3163 (91%) to have a psychologist within hospital units, 3202 (93%) to have a medical nursing psychiatric permanence available seven days a week, and 3171 (92%) to have a hotline available seven days a week. In total, 436 (13%) HCWs used at least one of the available mental health support measures. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the support measures were valued by HCWs. Given the high prevalence of psychiatric issues among HCWs, these measures seem necessary and are likely to have alleviated the suffering of HCWs.
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- Authors
- Wozniak, H., Benzakour, L., Larpin, C., Sgardello, S., Moullec, G., Corbaz, S., Roos, P., Vieux, L., Juvet, T. M., Suard, J.-C., Weissbrodt, R., Pugin, J., Pralong, J. A., & Cereghetti, S.
- Affiliations
- University Hospital of Geneva (CH)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- Occupational Health Service, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
- HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (CH)
- School of Health Sciences - HES-SO Valais-Wallis (CH)
- University of Geneva (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Wozniak, Hannah
- ORCID
- Venue
- Healthcare
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2022-06-15
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1113
- ISSN
- 2227-9032 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC9223242
- OpenAlex
- W4282983642
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1
- FWCI
- 1.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Healthcare (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- ArODES (HES-SO (https://www.hes-so.ch/)) (submittedVersion)
- Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Occupational Health and Burnout
- Keywords
- healthcare workers, COVID-19 pandemic, mental health support, workplace mental health, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, hypnosis, psychiatric nursing, telephone helpline
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