Stress and Anxiety Among Correctional Health Care Professionals in a U.S. State Prison System During COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: Since prisons were an epicenter of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the experience of correctional health care professionals (HCPs) may differ from HCPs in other settings. This cross-sectional descriptive study assessed stress, anxiety, and burnout levels in home and work environments among HCPs employed by one U.S. state prison system during the period of initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Participants (N = 444) were invited to voluntarily participate in an anonymous questionnaire distributed by prison administration from March 1 through May 17, 2021. Measures were adapted from a prior study of noncorrectional HCPs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Descriptive statistics (mean; standard deviation; 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles), ranking measures that could alleviate

SUBMITTER: Leach BCB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11071106 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature