Beyond PPE: a mixed qualitative-quantitative study capturing the wider issues affecting doctors' well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to the medical workforce. This has put them at increased risk of burnout at a time when levels are already worryingly high in the profession, with recent studies consistently showing that around half of doctors meet the validated criteria for burnout.

Objectives

To understand the wider factors influencing and impacting upon hospital doctors' well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic in England.

Design

Cross-sectional survey and mixed quantitative-qualitative analysis.

Setting

Acute National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust in England.

Participants

An online survey was circulated in early June 2020 to all 449 doctors employed by the Trust. 242 doctors completed the survey (54% response rate).

Primar

SUBMITTER: Cubitt LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7985981 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature