Hospital Chaplain Burnout, Depression, and Well-Being during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15481857
AutoresP 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, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume21
Fascículo7
Páginas944-944
Data de publicação2024-07-19
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph21070944
PMID39063520
OpenAlexW4400809201
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas11

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