Tabur Ayhan, Choudhury Avishek, Emhan Abdurrahim, Mengenci Cengiz, Asan Onur
Emergency Department, Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakir 21070, Turkey.
Stevens Institute of Technology, School of Systems and Enterprises, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA.
Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Jan 26;10(2):229. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10020229.
The onset of COVID-19 has escalated healthcare workers' psychological distress. Multiple factors, including prolonged exposure to COVID-19 patients, irregular working hours, and workload, have substantially contributed to stress and burnout among healthcare workers. To explore the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers, our study compares the job stress, social support, and intention to leave the job among healthcare workers working in a pandemic (H) and a non-pandemic hospital (H) in Turkey during the pandemic. The cross-sectional, paper-based survey involved 403 healthcare workers including physicians, registered nurses, health technicians, and auxiliary staff across two hospitals from 1 September 2020 to 31 November 2020. The findings indicate a significant impact of 'Job stress' on 'Intent to leave' job among participants in the H. We noted that 'intent to leave' and 'job stress' were significantly higher among the H healthcare workers than those working in the H respectively. However, workers' 'social support' was significantly lower in the H. Healthcare workers, during COVID-19, face several hurdles such as job stress, reduced social support, and excessive workload, all of which are potential factors influencing a care provider's intent to leave the job.
新冠疫情的爆发加剧了医护人员的心理困扰。包括长期接触新冠患者、工作时间不规律以及工作量等多种因素，在很大程度上导致了医护人员的压力和职业倦怠。为了探究新冠疫情对医护人员的影响，我们的研究比较了土耳其在疫情期间一家收治新冠患者的医院（H）和一家非新冠疫情医院（H）的医护人员在工作压力、社会支持以及离职意愿方面的情况。这项横断面纸质调查于2020年9月1日至2020年11月31日期间，对两家医院的403名医护人员进行了调查，这些人员包括医生、注册护士、卫生技术人员和辅助人员。研究结果表明，“工作压力”对H组参与者的“离职意愿”有显著影响。我们注意到，H医院的医护人员“离职意愿”和“工作压力”分别显著高于在H医院工作的人员。然而，H医院医护人员的“社会支持”显著较低。在新冠疫情期间，医护人员面临着工作压力、社会支持减少和工作量过大等诸多障碍，所有这些都是影响医护人员离职意愿的潜在因素。
