Healthcare professionals in COVID-19-intensive care units in Norway: preparedness and working conditions: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To survey the healthcare professionals' background and experiences from work with patients with COVID-19 in intensive care units (ICUs) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.

Design

Observational cohort study.

Setting

COVID-ICUs in 27 hospitals across Norway.

Participants

Healthcare professionals (n=484): nurses (81%), medical doctors (9%) and leaders (10%), who responded to a secured, web-based questionnaire from 6 May 2020 to 15 July 2020.

Primary and secondary measures

Healthcare professionals': (1) professional and psychological preparedness to start working in COVID-ICUs, (2) factors associated with high degree of preparedness and (3) experience of working conditions.

Results

The age of the respondents was 44.8±10

SUBMITTER: Lie I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8506047 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature