Healthcare Workers Who Work With COVID-19 Patients Are More Physically Exhausted and Have More Sleep Problems

In this survey study of 7,208 Dutch healthcare workers, we investigate whether healthcare workers dealing with COVID-19 patients experience lower general health, more physical and mental exhaustion and more sleep problems than other healthcare workers. Additionally, we study whether there are differ...

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Veröffentlicht in:Frontiers in psychology Jg. 11; S. 625626
Hauptverfasser: van Roekel, Henrico, van der Fels, Irene M. J., Bakker, Arnold B., Tummers, Lars G.
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 08.01.2021
Schlagworte:
COVID-19
general health
healthcare workers
mental exhaustion
physical exhaustion
Psychology
sleep problems
COVID-19
physical exhaustion
sleep problems
healthcare workers
general health
mental exhaustion
ISSN:1664-1078, 1664-1078
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Zusammenfassung:In this survey study of 7,208 Dutch healthcare workers, we investigate whether healthcare workers dealing with COVID-19 patients experience lower general health, more physical and mental exhaustion and more sleep problems than other healthcare workers. Additionally, we study whether there are differences in well-being within the group of healthcare workers working with COVID-19 patients, based on personal and work characteristics. We find healthcare workers who are in direct contact with COVID-19 patients report more sleep problems and are more physically exhausted than those who are not in direct contact with COVID-19 patients. Mental exhaustion and general health do not significantly differ between healthcare workers who are in direct contact with COVID-19 patients and those who are not. Among healthcare workers in direct contact with COVID-19 patients, lower well-being on one or more indicators is reported by those who are female, living alone, without leadership role, or without sufficient protective equipment. Regarding age, physical exhaustion is more prevalent under healthcare workers older than 55 years, whereas mental exhaustion is more prevalent under healthcare workers younger than 36 years. These results stress the need of mental and physical support of healthcare workers during a pandemic, catered to the needs of healthcare workers themselves.
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Reviewed by: Sara Marelli, San Raffaele Hospital (IRCCS), Italy; Michela Vignoli, University of Trento, Italy
This article was submitted to Psychology for Clinical Settings, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology
Edited by: Chris Keyworth, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.625626