The situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic forced healthcare workers to operate under emergency conditions to ensure treatment and safety measures for people who had contracted the virus and to limit the spread of infection. Since the beginning of the pandemic in Italy, medical staff had to cope with long, exhausting and stressful shifts and heavy workloads. In the first weeks of the pandemic, they also needed clear intervention protocols, adequate tools and the necessary personal protective equipment (PPE). As shown by other research since 2020, Italy has been and continues to be one of the most afflicted nations in terms of overload of hospital patients and difficulties in managing shifts due to staff shortages. This has resulted in high psychological stress, high health risks for healthcare workers and a generally reduced professional quality of life. Against this background, the aim of the present research is to examine the trend of stress, anxiety, depression and resilience levels and the effects on professional quality of life in Italian healthcare workers who worked on the front line during the first, second and third waves of the pandemic.
The effect of dispositional resilience on the relationship between professional quality of life and psychological distress factors of healthcare workers
Martina Morando
;Silvia Platania;Anna Paolillo;Stefania Gruttadauria.
2023-01-01
Abstract
The situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic forced healthcare workers to operate under emergency conditions to ensure treatment and safety measures for people who had contracted the virus and to limit the spread of infection. Since the beginning of the pandemic in Italy, medical staff had to cope with long, exhausting and stressful shifts and heavy workloads. In the first weeks of the pandemic, they also needed clear intervention protocols, adequate tools and the necessary personal protective equipment (PPE). As shown by other research since 2020, Italy has been and continues to be one of the most afflicted nations in terms of overload of hospital patients and difficulties in managing shifts due to staff shortages. This has resulted in high psychological stress, high health risks for healthcare workers and a generally reduced professional quality of life. Against this background, the aim of the present research is to examine the trend of stress, anxiety, depression and resilience levels and the effects on professional quality of life in Italian healthcare workers who worked on the front line during the first, second and third waves of the pandemic.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
