Resilience among health care workers while working during a pandemic: A systematic review and meta synthesis of qualitative studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the need to attend to Health Care Workers (HCWs) mental health. What promotes resilience in HCWs during pandemics is largely unknown.

Aim

To appraise and synthesize studies investigating resilience among HCWs during COVID-19, H1N1, MERS, EBOLA and SARS pandemics.

Method

A systematic review of studies from 2002 to 11th March 2022 was conducted. PsychInfo, CINAHL, Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus and the Cochrane Library databases were searched for qualitative and mixed-methods studies investigating the well-being of HCWs working in hospital settings during a pandemic. Data was extracted, imported into NVivo and analyzed by means of thematic synthesis. Reporting followed PRISMA and ENTREQ guidelines.

Results

SUBMITTER: Curtin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9126830 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature