Resilience of hospital staff facing Covid-19 pandemic

Lessons from Israel

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ID22080974
AutoresDaniel Trotzky (0000-0003-1080-0776, Tel Aviv University), Uri Aizik (Tel Aviv University), Jonathan Mosery (0000-0003-3746-7918, Tel Aviv University), Natali Carady (Tel Aviv University), Guy Tavori (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), A Cohen (0000-0001-8143-2769, Tel Aviv University, autor correspondente), Gal Pachys (Tel Aviv University), Miri Avraham (Tel Aviv University), Osnat Levtzion‐Korach (Tel Aviv University), Osnat Levtzion-Korach, Orna Tal (0000-0003-2379-9102, Bar-Ilan University)
Ano2023
Volume11
Páginas1050261-1050261
Data de publicação2023-03-31
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
EditoraFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2023.1050261
PMID37064690
OpenAlexW4362471824
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas32

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has placed additional burden on already strained healthcare systems worldwide, intensifying the responsibility and burden of healthcare workers. Although most hospital staff continued working during this stressful and challenging unprecedented pandemic, differences in the characteristics and attributes were noted between sectors and hospital departments. Israeli healthcare workers are trained and experienced in coping with national emergencies, but the pandemic has exposed variations in staff reactions. Understanding the intrinsic differences between sectors and departments is a key factor in staff and hospital preparedness for unexpected events, better resource utilization for timely interventions to mitigate risk and improve staff wellbeing. Objective: To identify and compare the level of resilience, secondary traumatization and burnout among hospital workers, between different sectors and hospital departments, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Cross-sectional research to assess the resiliency, secondary traumatization and burnout of healthcare workers at a large general public hospital in central Israel. The sample consisted of 655 participants across various hospital units exposed to COVID-19 patients. Results: Emergency department physicians had higher rates of resilience and lower rates of burnout and secondary traumatization than staff in other hospital departments. In contrast, staff from internal medicine departments demonstrated the highest levels of burnout (4.29). Overall, physicians demonstrated higher levels of resilience (7.26) and lower levels of burnout compared to other workers. Conclusion: Identifying resilience characteristics across hospital staff, sectors and departments can guide hospital management in education, preparation and training of healthcare workers for future large-scale health emergencies such as pandemics, natural disasters, and war

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Betacoronavirus · Coronavirus Infections · Medical emergency · Outbreak · Pandemic · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Disaster Response and Management · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Virology