A cross-sectional investigation on remote working, loneliness, workplace isolation, well-being and perceived social support in healthcare workers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare trusts began to implement remote working arrangements, with little knowledge of their impact on staff well-being.

Aims

To investigate how remote working of healthcare workers during the pandemic may have been associated with stress, productivity and work satisfaction at that time, and associations between loneliness, workplace isolation, perceived social support and well-being.

Method

A questionnaire was developed to explore remote working and productivity, stress and work satisfaction during time spent working remotely. Associations between current loneliness, workplace isolation and well-being, and the influence of perceived social support, were explored with perceived social support as a potential

SUBMITTER: O'Hare D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10897687 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature