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Stressors Among Healthcare Workers

A Summative Content Analysis

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ID15736588
AuthorsLesley C Rink (0000-0003-1405-6411, Duke University, corresponding author), Tolu O Oyesanya (0000-0001-8821-4510, Duke University), Kathryn C Adair (0000-0003-4886-0002, Duke University), Janice C Humphreys (Duke University, Durham, NC, USA), Janice Humphreys (0000-0003-3061-5252, Duke University), Susan G Silva (0000-0002-6368-4732, Duke University), J Bryan Sexton (0000-0002-0578-2924, Duke University)
Year2023
Volume10
Pages23333936231161127-23333936231161127
Publication date2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Qualitative Nursing Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2333-3936 • E-ISSN: 2333-3936
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/23333936231161127
PMID37020708
OpenAlexW4362014667
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited44

Healthcare workers are experiencing high stress and burnout, at rates up to 70%, hindering patient care. Studies often focus on stressors in a particular setting or within the context of the pandemic which limits understanding of a more comprehensive view of stressors experienced by healthcare workers. The purpose of this study was to assess healthcare workers' self-reported major stressors. Between June 2018 and April 2019, U.S. healthcare workers ( N = 2,310) wrote answers to an open-ended question: "What are your biggest stressors as you look back over the last few weeks?" A summative content analysis was used to analyze the data. Healthcare workers described three types of stressors: work stressors (49% of total stressors), personal life stressors (32% of total stressors), and stressors that intersect work and personal life (19% of total stressors). Future research and clinical practice should consider the multi-faceted sources of stress

Burnout · Content analysis · Context (archaeology · Formative assessment · Health care · Political science · Sociology · Stressor · Summative assessment · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Psychology · Stress and Burnout Research

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