Hong Qian, Sihan Lin, Lidan Zhang, Shanglin Song, Ning Liu
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Abstract
Purpose: This study mainly focused on the long-term effect of different risk exposure levels and prior anti-epidemic experience of healthcare workers in mitigating COVID-19 on their work stress in the post-COVID era.
Design/methodology/approach: The study sample included 359 physicians, 619 nurses, 229 technicians and 212 administrators, for a total of 1,419 healthcare workers working in the Lanzhou area during the investigation. Data were analyzed by multivariate regression models.
Findings: Our findings indicated that the interaction between pandemic effect mitigation experience and high-risk exposure significantly affected healthcare workers in the post-COVID era by increasing their work stress (p < 0.001) and reducing their rest time (p < 0.001). Healthcare workers may have experienced worse outcomes in the long term if they had higher levels of risk exposure and more experience in fighting epidemics. Furthermore, poor mental health (p < 0.001) and prior experience with SARS (p < 0.001) further amplified these adverse effects. However, surprisingly, we did not observe any effect of prior anti-epidemic experience or high-risk exposure on the mental health of healthcare workers in the post-COVID era (p > 0.1).
Research limitations/implications: The adverse impact of COVID-19 may have left long-lasting effects on Health professionals (HPs), particularly those with high Risk exposure (RE) and more mitigation experience. Poor Mental health (MH) and previous experience in mitigating previous similar outbreaks (such as SARS) are risk factors that should be considered. Support programs must be designed and promoted to help HPs respond and improve their performance.
Originality/value: Our study presents compelling evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic will have long-term detrimental effects on the work stress of healthcare workers.
目的：本研究主要关注后COVID-19时代，不同风险暴露水平和医护人员以往抗击COVID-19疫情的经验对其工作压力的长期影响：研究样本包括359名医生、619名护士、229名技术人员和212名管理人员，调查期间在兰州地区工作的医护人员共计1419人。数据采用多元回归模型进行分析：我们的研究结果表明，大流行影响缓解经验与高风险暴露之间的交互作用对后 COVID 时代的医护人员产生了显著影响，增加了他们的工作压力（p p p p > 0.1）：COVID-19的负面影响可能会对医疗专业人员（HPs）造成长期影响，尤其是那些高风险暴露（RE）和更多缓解经验的医疗专业人员。心理健康状况不佳（MH）和以往类似疫情（如 SARS）的缓解经验是应考虑的风险因素。必须设计和推广支持计划，以帮助 HPs 做出反应并提高其绩效：我们的研究提供了令人信服的证据，证明 COVID-19 大流行将对医护人员的工作压力产生长期不利影响。
期刊介绍：
■International health and international organizations ■Organisational behaviour, governance, management and leadership ■The inter-relationship of health and public sector services ■Theories and practices of management and leadership in health and related organizations ■Emotion in health care organizations ■Management education and training ■Industrial relations and human resource theory and management. As the demands on the health care industry both polarize and intensify, effective management of financial and human resources, the restructuring of organizations and the handling of market forces are increasingly important areas for the industry to address.
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