Risk of COVID-19-related bullying, harassment and stigma among healthcare workers: an analytical cross-sectional global study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Essential healthcare workers (HCW) uniquely serve as both COVID-19 healers and, potentially, as carriers of SARS-CoV-2. We assessed COVID-19-related stigma and bullying against HCW controlling for social, psychological, medical and community variables.

Design

We nested an analytical cross-sectional study of COVID-19-related stigma and bullying among HCW within a larger mixed-methods effort assessing COVID-19-related lived experience and impact. Adjusted OR (aOR) and 95% CIs evaluated the association between working in healthcare settings and experience of COVID-19-related bullying and stigma, controlling for confounders. Thematic qualitative analysis provided insight into lived experience of COVID-19-related bullying.

Setting

We recruited potential particip

SUBMITTER: Dye TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7780430 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature