COVID-19 Staff Wellbeing Survey: longitudinal survey of psychological well-being among health and social care staff in Northern Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic
Background Throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, health and social care workers have faced unprecedented professional demands, all of which are likely to have placed considerable strain on their psychological well-being. Aims To measure the national prevalence of mental healt...
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| author | Julie-Ann Jordan Ciaran Shannon Dympna Browne Emma Carroll Jennifer Maguire Keith Kerrigan Sinead Hannan Thomas McCarthy Mark A. Tully Ciaran Mulholland Kevin F. W. Dyer |
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| description | Background
Throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, health and social care workers have faced unprecedented professional demands, all of which are likely to have placed considerable strain on their psychological well-being.
Aims
To measure the national prevalence of mental health symptoms within healthcare staff, and identify individual and organisational predictors of well-being.
Method
The COVID-19 Staff Wellbeing Survey is a longitudinal online survey of psychological well-being among health and social care staff in Northern Ireland. The survey included four time points separated by 3-month intervals; time 1 (November 2020; n = 3834) and time 2 (February 2021; n = 2898) results are presented here. At time 2, 84% of respondents had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. The survey included four validated psychological well-being questionnaires (depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress and insomnia), as well as demographic and organisational measures.
Results
At time 1 and 2, a high proportion of staff reported moderate-to-severe symptoms of depression (30–36%), anxiety (26–27%), post-traumatic stress (30–32%) and insomnia (27–28%); overall, significance tests and effect size data suggested psychological well-being was generally stable between November 2020 and February 2021 for health and social care staff. Multiple linear regression models indicated that perceptions of less effective communication within their organisation predicted greater levels of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress and insomnia.
Conclusions
This study highlights the need to offer psychological support to all health and social care staff, and to communicate with staff regularly, frequently and clearly regarding COVID-19 to help protect staff psychological well-being.
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| spelling | doaj.art-433f0bbf38d042d39c21bcf5efc8ed9f2023-03-09T12:29:14ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242021-09-01710.1192/bjo.2021.988COVID-19 Staff Wellbeing Survey: longitudinal survey of psychological well-being among health and social care staff in Northern Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemicJulie-Ann Jordan0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8037-404XCiaran Shannon1Dympna Browne2Emma Carroll3Jennifer Maguire4Keith Kerrigan5Sinead Hannan6Thomas McCarthy7Mark A. Tully8Ciaran Mulholland9Kevin F. W. Dyer10IMPACT Research Centre, Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern IrelandIMPACT Research Centre, Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern IrelandBelfast Health and Social Care Trust, Northern IrelandIMPACT Research Centre, Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern IrelandSouth Eastern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern IrelandIMPACT Research Centre, Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern IrelandSouthern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern IrelandWestern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern IrelandInstitute of Mental Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Ulster University, Northern IrelandIMPACT Research Centre, Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern IrelandIMPACT Research Centre, Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern IrelandBackground Throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, health and social care workers have faced unprecedented professional demands, all of which are likely to have placed considerable strain on their psychological well-being. Aims To measure the national prevalence of mental health symptoms within healthcare staff, and identify individual and organisational predictors of well-being. Method The COVID-19 Staff Wellbeing Survey is a longitudinal online survey of psychological well-being among health and social care staff in Northern Ireland. The survey included four time points separated by 3-month intervals; time 1 (November 2020; n = 3834) and time 2 (February 2021; n = 2898) results are presented here. At time 2, 84% of respondents had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. The survey included four validated psychological well-being questionnaires (depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress and insomnia), as well as demographic and organisational measures. Results At time 1 and 2, a high proportion of staff reported moderate-to-severe symptoms of depression (30–36%), anxiety (26–27%), post-traumatic stress (30–32%) and insomnia (27–28%); overall, significance tests and effect size data suggested psychological well-being was generally stable between November 2020 and February 2021 for health and social care staff. Multiple linear regression models indicated that perceptions of less effective communication within their organisation predicted greater levels of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress and insomnia. Conclusions This study highlights the need to offer psychological support to all health and social care staff, and to communicate with staff regularly, frequently and clearly regarding COVID-19 to help protect staff psychological well-being. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472421009881/type/journal_articleAnxiety disordersdepressive disorderspost-traumatic stress disordersleep disorderscommunity mental health teams |
| spellingShingle | Julie-Ann Jordan Ciaran Shannon Dympna Browne Emma Carroll Jennifer Maguire Keith Kerrigan Sinead Hannan Thomas McCarthy Mark A. Tully Ciaran Mulholland Kevin F. W. Dyer COVID-19 Staff Wellbeing Survey: longitudinal survey of psychological well-being among health and social care staff in Northern Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic BJPsych Open Anxiety disorders depressive disorders post-traumatic stress disorder sleep disorders community mental health teams |
| title | COVID-19 Staff Wellbeing Survey: longitudinal survey of psychological well-being among health and social care staff in Northern Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | COVID-19 Staff Wellbeing Survey: longitudinal survey of psychological well-being among health and social care staff in Northern Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 Staff Wellbeing Survey: longitudinal survey of psychological well-being among health and social care staff in Northern Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 Staff Wellbeing Survey: longitudinal survey of psychological well-being among health and social care staff in Northern Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | COVID-19 Staff Wellbeing Survey: longitudinal survey of psychological well-being among health and social care staff in Northern Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | covid 19 staff wellbeing survey longitudinal survey of psychological well being among health and social care staff in northern ireland during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | Anxiety disorders depressive disorders post-traumatic stress disorder sleep disorders community mental health teams |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472421009881/type/journal_article |
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