Organizational wellbeing: A model of a new Apulian COVID-19 designated hospital
BackgroundWork environment characteristics have an important impact on organizational wellbeing in health care facilities. In the Apulia Region, a new COVID-19 hospital was planned, designated and built in a few weeks for the treatment of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. To our knowledge, this hos...
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| author | Luigi Vimercati Luigi Vimercati Enza Sabrina Silvana Cannone Enza Sabrina Silvana Cannone Stefania Sponselli Stefania Sponselli Antonio Caputi Antonio Caputi Giovanni Migliore Antonio Daleno Anna Maria Minicucci Gabriella Milone Lorenzo Spagnolo Antonella Pipoli Antonella Pipoli Luigi De Maria Luigi De Maria |
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| description | BackgroundWork environment characteristics have an important impact on organizational wellbeing in health care facilities. In the Apulia Region, a new COVID-19 hospital was planned, designated and built in a few weeks for the treatment of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. To our knowledge, this hospital, together with “Fiera Hospital” in Milan, are two of the few buildings worldwide that have been converted into new health care facilities with intensive care center units to treat COVID-19 patients, and this is the first study assessing organizational wellbeing in a newly designated COVID-19 hospital.AimsTo detect and assess the strong points, criticality, and perceptions of wellbeing/discomfort of health care workers engaged in the management of the current health emergency.MethodThe study was conducted on 188 health care workers, with the “Multidimensional Organizational Health Questionnaire.”ResultsWe found an overall positive level of organizational wellbeing. The more positive dimensions were “Collaboration between colleagues,” “Organizational efficiency” and “Room Comfort.” Conflict situations in the workplace were poorly perceived. A very low rate of absenteeism from work was also observed.ConclusionsOur results show the effectiveness of the organizational model adopted in the management of the COVID-19 hospital, especially in view of the work and emotional overload of the personnel called to face the epidemiological emergency on the frontline, which did not adversely affect the psychophysical conditions of the workers. The success of this model is related to the coexistence of all levels of care required during any type of health emergency in a single structure, paying particular attention to the architectural, functional, and procedural aspects of health care and to the so-called “humanization” of care. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a691fe64b27480199b51fe035b2f53f2022-12-22T03:54:03ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-10-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.963315963315Organizational wellbeing: A model of a new Apulian COVID-19 designated hospitalLuigi Vimercati0Luigi Vimercati1Enza Sabrina Silvana Cannone2Enza Sabrina Silvana Cannone3Stefania Sponselli4Stefania Sponselli5Antonio Caputi6Antonio Caputi7Giovanni Migliore8Antonio Daleno9Anna Maria Minicucci10Gabriella Milone11Lorenzo Spagnolo12Antonella Pipoli13Antonella Pipoli14Luigi De Maria15Luigi De Maria16Section of Occupational Medicine, Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, ItalyOccupational Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Bari, Bari, ItalySection of Occupational Medicine, Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, ItalyOccupational Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Bari, Bari, ItalySection of Occupational Medicine, Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, ItalyOccupational Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Bari, Bari, ItalySection of Occupational Medicine, Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, ItalyOccupational Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Bari, Bari, ItalyHospital Direction, University Hospital of Bari, Bari, ItalyHospital Direction, University Hospital of Bari, Bari, ItalyHospital Direction, University Hospital of Bari, Bari, ItalyHospital Direction, University Hospital of Bari, Bari, ItalySection of Legal Medicine, Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, ItalySection of Occupational Medicine, Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, ItalyOccupational Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Bari, Bari, ItalySection of Occupational Medicine, Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, ItalyOccupational Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Bari, Bari, ItalyBackgroundWork environment characteristics have an important impact on organizational wellbeing in health care facilities. In the Apulia Region, a new COVID-19 hospital was planned, designated and built in a few weeks for the treatment of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. To our knowledge, this hospital, together with “Fiera Hospital” in Milan, are two of the few buildings worldwide that have been converted into new health care facilities with intensive care center units to treat COVID-19 patients, and this is the first study assessing organizational wellbeing in a newly designated COVID-19 hospital.AimsTo detect and assess the strong points, criticality, and perceptions of wellbeing/discomfort of health care workers engaged in the management of the current health emergency.MethodThe study was conducted on 188 health care workers, with the “Multidimensional Organizational Health Questionnaire.”ResultsWe found an overall positive level of organizational wellbeing. The more positive dimensions were “Collaboration between colleagues,” “Organizational efficiency” and “Room Comfort.” Conflict situations in the workplace were poorly perceived. A very low rate of absenteeism from work was also observed.ConclusionsOur results show the effectiveness of the organizational model adopted in the management of the COVID-19 hospital, especially in view of the work and emotional overload of the personnel called to face the epidemiological emergency on the frontline, which did not adversely affect the psychophysical conditions of the workers. The success of this model is related to the coexistence of all levels of care required during any type of health emergency in a single structure, paying particular attention to the architectural, functional, and procedural aspects of health care and to the so-called “humanization” of care.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.963315/fullorganizational wellbeingCOVID-19 hospitalhealth care workersjob performancejob satisfaction |
| spellingShingle | Luigi Vimercati Luigi Vimercati Enza Sabrina Silvana Cannone Enza Sabrina Silvana Cannone Stefania Sponselli Stefania Sponselli Antonio Caputi Antonio Caputi Giovanni Migliore Antonio Daleno Anna Maria Minicucci Gabriella Milone Lorenzo Spagnolo Antonella Pipoli Antonella Pipoli Luigi De Maria Luigi De Maria Organizational wellbeing: A model of a new Apulian COVID-19 designated hospital Frontiers in Public Health organizational wellbeing COVID-19 hospital health care workers job performance job satisfaction |
| title | Organizational wellbeing: A model of a new Apulian COVID-19 designated hospital |
| title_full | Organizational wellbeing: A model of a new Apulian COVID-19 designated hospital |
| title_fullStr | Organizational wellbeing: A model of a new Apulian COVID-19 designated hospital |
| title_full_unstemmed | Organizational wellbeing: A model of a new Apulian COVID-19 designated hospital |
| title_short | Organizational wellbeing: A model of a new Apulian COVID-19 designated hospital |
| title_sort | organizational wellbeing a model of a new apulian covid 19 designated hospital |
| topic | organizational wellbeing COVID-19 hospital health care workers job performance job satisfaction |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.963315/full |
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