Clinicians' Social Support, Job Stress, and Intent to Leave Healthcare during COVID-19.

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.