COVID-19 Staff Wellbeing Survey: longitudinal survey of psychological well-being among health and social care staff in Northern Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, health and social care workers have faced unprecedented professional demands, all of which are likely to have placed considerable strain on their psychological well-being.

Aims

To measure the national prevalence of mental health symptoms within healthcare staff, and identify individual and organisational predictors of well-being.

Method

The COVID-19 Staff Wellbeing Survey is a longitudinal online survey of psychological well-being among health and social care staff in Northern Ireland. The survey included four time points separated by 3-month intervals; time 1 (November 2020; n = 3834) and time 2 (February 2021; n = 2898) results are presented here. At time 2, 84% of respondents had

SUBMITTER: Jordan JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8410744 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature