The safety, health, and well-being of healthcare workers during COVID-19: A scoping review
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the safety and well-being of healthcare workers. A scoping review was conducted to highlight the impact of COVID-19 on the safety, health, and well-being of healthcare workers and to shed light on the concerns about their perceived safety and suppor...
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| author | Abdulqadir J. Nashwan Rejo G. Mathew Reni Anil Nabeel F. Allobaney Sindhumole Krishnan Nair Ahmed S. Mohamed Ahmad A. Abujaber Abbas Balouchi Evangelos C. Fradelos |
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| description | The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the safety and well-being of healthcare workers. A scoping review was conducted to highlight the impact of COVID-19 on the safety, health, and well-being of healthcare workers and to shed light on the concerns about their perceived safety and support systems. A literature search was conducted in three different databases from December 1, 2019, through July 20, 2022, to find publications that meet the aim of this review. Using search engines, 3087 articles were identified, and after a rigorous assessment by two reviewers, 30 articles were chosen for further analysis. Two themes emerged during the analysis: safety and health and well-being. The primary safety concern of the staff was mostly about contracting COVID-19, infecting family members, and caring for patients with COVID-19. During the pandemic, the health care workers appeared to have anxiety, stress, uncertainty, burnout, and a lack of sleep. Additionally, the review focused on the suggestions of health care providers to improve the safety and well-being of workers through fair organizational policies and practices and timely, individualized mental health care. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8cc939b370641ca9392972e6ff059922023-09-11T01:32:25ZengAIMS PressAIMS Public Health2327-89942023-07-0110359360910.3934/publichealth.2023042The safety, health, and well-being of healthcare workers during COVID-19: A scoping reviewAbdulqadir J. Nashwan 0Rejo G. Mathew 1Reni Anil2Nabeel F. Allobaney3 Sindhumole Krishnan Nair4Ahmed S. Mohamed 5Ahmad A. Abujaber 6Abbas Balouchi7Evangelos C. Fradelos81. Department of Nursing, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital (HMGH), Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar1. Department of Nursing, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital (HMGH), Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar2. Department of Nursing, National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR), Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar1. Department of Nursing, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital (HMGH), Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar3. Department of Nursing Education, National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR), Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar4. Department of Nursing Education, Al-Wakra Hospital (AWH), Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar1. Department of Nursing, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital (HMGH), Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar5. Department of Nursing, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran6. Laboratory of Clinical Nursing, Department of Nursing, University of Thessaly, Larissa, GreeceThe outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the safety and well-being of healthcare workers. A scoping review was conducted to highlight the impact of COVID-19 on the safety, health, and well-being of healthcare workers and to shed light on the concerns about their perceived safety and support systems. A literature search was conducted in three different databases from December 1, 2019, through July 20, 2022, to find publications that meet the aim of this review. Using search engines, 3087 articles were identified, and after a rigorous assessment by two reviewers, 30 articles were chosen for further analysis. Two themes emerged during the analysis: safety and health and well-being. The primary safety concern of the staff was mostly about contracting COVID-19, infecting family members, and caring for patients with COVID-19. During the pandemic, the health care workers appeared to have anxiety, stress, uncertainty, burnout, and a lack of sleep. Additionally, the review focused on the suggestions of health care providers to improve the safety and well-being of workers through fair organizational policies and practices and timely, individualized mental health care.https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/publichealth.2023042?viewType=HTMLcovid-19pandemicsafetyhealthwell-beinghealthcare workers |
| spellingShingle | Abdulqadir J. Nashwan Rejo G. Mathew Reni Anil Nabeel F. Allobaney Sindhumole Krishnan Nair Ahmed S. Mohamed Ahmad A. Abujaber Abbas Balouchi Evangelos C. Fradelos The safety, health, and well-being of healthcare workers during COVID-19: A scoping review AIMS Public Health covid-19 pandemic safety health well-being healthcare workers |
| title | The safety, health, and well-being of healthcare workers during COVID-19: A scoping review |
| title_full | The safety, health, and well-being of healthcare workers during COVID-19: A scoping review |
| title_fullStr | The safety, health, and well-being of healthcare workers during COVID-19: A scoping review |
| title_full_unstemmed | The safety, health, and well-being of healthcare workers during COVID-19: A scoping review |
| title_short | The safety, health, and well-being of healthcare workers during COVID-19: A scoping review |
| title_sort | safety health and well being of healthcare workers during covid 19 a scoping review |
| topic | covid-19 pandemic safety health well-being healthcare workers |
| url | https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/publichealth.2023042?viewType=HTML |
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