Motivating factors for frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A survey in Japan

ABSTRACT: Healthcare workers (HCWs), who are at the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic, treated COVID-19 patients under many types of stress for over a year. As an external motivating factor, incentives could be important for HCWs dealing with COVID-19. However, there has been no research regarding the change in the consciousness of HCWs during the unrelenting waves of COVID-19. Therefore, we conducted a survey of HCWs during different waves of COVID-19 (the second and fourth waves in Japan). An open web-based survey was conducted among HCWs who wore PPE while treating COVID-19 patients. The first survey of HCWs in Japan was conducted from August 27 to September 9, 2020, while the second survey was conducted from April 7 to May 10, 2021, during the second and fourth waves, respectively. The first an

SUBMITTER: Morishita K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9803592 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature