Factors affecting the professional functioning of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To examine personal and organisational factors related to professional functioning of nurses and physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background

Exposure to COVID-19-related stressors has been associated with lower self-reported professional functioning among health care workers.

Methods

A cross-sectional study among 115 hospital workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel was designed to explore (a) personal professional functioning, (b) clarity of guidelines, (c) work organisation by the management, and (d) health care workers' feeling of contribution to a global effort.

Results

A feeling of contribution to a global effort while treating patients with COVID-19 mediated the relationships between work organisation by the management and professional f

SUBMITTER: Melnikov S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9115205 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature