Faculty of Public Health, Poornima University, Jaipur 303905, India.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Mar 2;20(5):4474. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20054474.
Healthcare workers (HCWs) including doctors, nurses and allied workers struggled to cope up with the stressful situation as the COVID-19 pandemic unsettled healthcare systems, including India's. Many factors (commonly called as stressors) acted as major sources of stress and resulted in poor mental health of HCWs. Therefore, this study predicted and explained the mediating effect of challenges on demographic characteristics and coping strategies of HCWs. Data from a cross-sectional study was collected from the district hospital of Rajasthan, India, during the period of August 2022-October 2022. HCW's experience level, shift type and distance of greenspaces from their accommodation were significantly correlated with the challenges they faced at work, specifically societal challenges. Thus, HCWs were more inclined to adopt a meaning-focused coping strategy to retain good mental health during the pandemic. Therefore, these findings call for interventions requiring a layered response, comprising strategies and actions that are structural. At the organizational level, these actions may provide supportive workplace environments.
医护人员（HCWs）包括医生、护士和相关工作人员，在 COVID-19 大流行扰乱医疗体系的情况下，包括印度的医疗体系，努力应对紧张局势。许多因素（通常称为压力源）是造成医护人员压力和心理健康不佳的主要原因。因此，本研究预测并解释了挑战对医护人员人口统计学特征和应对策略的中介作用。这项横断面研究的数据是在 2022 年 8 月至 2022 年 10 月期间从印度拉贾斯坦邦的地区医院收集的。HCW 的工作经验水平、轮班类型和绿地与住宿地点的距离与他们在工作中面临的挑战（特别是社会挑战）显著相关。因此，HCWs 在大流行期间更倾向于采用以意义为中心的应对策略来保持良好的心理健康。因此，这些发现呼吁采取分层应对措施的干预措施，包括结构性的策略和行动。在组织层面，这些行动可以为工作场所提供支持性环境。
