The Psychological Experience of Frontline Perioperative Health Care Staff in Responding to COVID-19: Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has presented immeasurable challenges to health care workers who remain at the frontline of the pandemic. A rapidly evolving body of literature has quantitatively demonstrated significant psychological impacts of the pandemic on health care workers. However, little is known about the lived experience of the pandemic for frontline medical staff.

Objective

This study aimed to explore the qualitative experience of perioperative staff from a large trauma hospital in Melbourne, Australia.

Methods

Inductive thematic analysis using a critical realist approach was used to analyze data from 9 semistructured interviews.

Results

Four key themes were identified. Hospital preparedness related to the perceived r

SUBMITTER: Withiel T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8483271 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature