Individual- and Institutional-level Concerns of Health Care Workers in Canada During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Mental health and coping difficulties among health care workers (HCWs) have been reported during pandemics and particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective

To examine sources of distress and concern for HCWs in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design, setting, and participants

In this qualitative study, a critical discourse analysis was performed of questions posed by HCWs to hospital senior leadership between March 16, 2020, and December 1, 2020, through an online employee forum as part of a larger mixed-methods evaluation of a stepped-care mental health support program for HCWs at 1 of Canada's largest health care institutions. Questions could be submitted online anonymously in advance of the virtual forums on COVID-19 by any of the University

SUBMITTER: Berkhout SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8317008 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature