Hospital Chaplain Burnout, Depression, and Well-Being during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15481857 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P K Palmer (0000-0002-7247-4729, Emory University), Zainab Siddiqui (0000-0003-4384-197X, Emory University), Miranda A Moore (0000-0002-1455-6099, Emory University), George H Grant (0000-0002-4517-7286, Emory University), Charles L Raison (0000-0001-6687-0066, Emory University), Jennifer S Mascaro (0000-0002-6199-8455, Emory University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 944-944 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph21070944 |
| PMID | 39063520 |
| OpenAlex | W4400809201 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 11 |
Healthcare personnel experienced unprecedented stressors and risk factors for burnout, anxiety, and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. This may have been particularly true for spiritual health clinicians (SHCs), also referred to as healthcare chaplains. We administered a daily pulse survey that allowed SHCs to self-report burnout, depression, and well-being, administered every weekday for the first year of the pandemic. We used a series of linear regression models to evaluate whether burnout, depression, and well-being were associated with local COVID-19 rates in the chaplains' hospital system (COVID-19 admissions, hospital deaths from COVID-19, and COVID-19 ICU census). We also compared SHC weekly rates with national averages acquired by the U.S. Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey (HPS) data during the same timeframe. Of the 840 daily entries from 32 SHCs, 90.0% indicated no symptoms of burnout and 97.1% were below the cutoff for depression. There was no statistically significant relationship between any of the COVID-19 predictors and burnout, depression, or well-being. Mean national PHQ-2 scores were consistently higher than our sample's biweekly means. Understanding why SHCs were largely protected against burnout and depression may help in addressing the epidemic of burnout among healthcare providers and for preparedness for future healthcare crises
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Burnout · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Depression (economics · Disease · Outbreak · Pandemic · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Well-being · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Internal Medicine · Virology
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How Covid-19 shaped mental health
What Do Chaplains Really Do? I. Visitation in the New York Chaplaincy Study
Compassion Meditation Training for Hospital Chaplain Residents
What Do Chaplains Really Do? II. Interventions in the New York Chaplaincy Study
What Did Chaplains Do During the Covid Pandemic? An International Survey
Gender and the pandemic
The Patient Health Questionnaire-2
Covid-19 and inequality
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |