Coping strategies adopted by Australian frontline health workers to address psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The Australian COVID-19 Frontline Healthcare Workers Study investigated coping strategies and help-seeking behaviours, and their relationship to mental health symptoms experienced by Australian healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Australian HCWs were invited to participate a nationwide, voluntary, anonymous, single time-point, online survey between 27th August and 23rd October 2020. Complete responses on demographics, home and work situation, and measures of health and psychological wellbeing were received from 7846 participants.

Results

The most commonly reported adaptive coping strategies were maintaining exercise (44.9%) and social connections (31.7%). Over a quarter of HCWs (26.3%) reported increased alcohol use which was ass

SUBMITTER: Smallwood N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8437691 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature