Uptake and effects of psychological first aid training for healthcare workers’ wellbeing in nursing homes: A UK national survey

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Psychological First Aid is a brief intervention based on international guidance from the World Health Organisation. Free to access online training in the intervention was introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK. We aimed to determine the uptake of Psychological First Aid training among healthcare workers in care homes in the UK and to assess its effects on their wellbeing.

Design

This was a sequential mixed methods design.

Methods

Healthcare workers (nurses and carers) working in care homes in the UK were surveyed about their uptake of Psychological First Aid, their stress, coping efficacy and the key concepts of Psychological First Aid (safety, calmness, hopefulness, connectedness, and accomplishment). Those that completed the Psychological First Aid

SUBMITTER: Schoultz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9632887 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature