The impact of Covid-19 on police officer wellness

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12364261
AutoresVictoria A Sytsma (0000-0002-6040-300X, Queen's University, autor de correspondencia), Alana Saulnier (0000-0002-8545-1809, Queen's University)
Año2024
Volumen34
Número9
Páginas961-974
Fecha de publicación2024-05-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolicing & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1043-9463 • E-ISSN: 1477-2728
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10439463.2024.2353619
OpenAlexW4396956125
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas45

Disaster policing requires considerably more effort than working under normal conditions, thereby exacerbating existing threats to employee wellness. Research suggests that such working conditions may be harmful to physical and mental health outcomes, including increasing absenteeism. This study relies on personnel records from 3,398 police officers across 12 police services to determine the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacted police officer work attendance and absenteeism, controlling for officer – and community-level characteristics. Results indicate that compared to the previous time-period, work attendance decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic and absenteeism increased. Data shows that a greater proportion of officers worked fewer days during the pandemic compared to the time-period before, and a smaller proportion worked a greater number of days. Multilevel mixed effects models indicate that COVID-19 largely contributed to decreasing attendance and increasing absenteeism beyond the effects of community conditions and officer demographics

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Officer · Outbreak · Pandemic · Political science · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Law · Medicine · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Workplace Health and Well-being · Virology