Concerns and psychological well-being of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary care hospital in New South Wales.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In early 2020, the impending COVID-19 pandemic placed a once-in-a-generation professional and personal challenge on healthcare workers. Publications on direct physical disease abound. The authors wanted to focus on doctors' psychological well-being.

Aims

To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on doctors' well-being and evaluate their concerns as the pandemic progressed.

Methods

A mixed-methods, hospital-based survey was sent to doctors at the 650-bed tertiary referral hospital in NSW at two different periods (late-March and early May 2020). A validated mental well-being tool (Short Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS)) was combined with COVID-19-specific questions.

Results

Two hundred and thirty-five responses were obtained from

SUBMITTER: Naqvi SSB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8447026 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature