COV IMPACT : analyse des différents facteurs de stress du personnel hospitalier dans 2 centres hospitaliers en France lors de la pandémie COVID-19

Oct 16, 2020Annales de cardiologie et d'angeiologie

Stress levels in hospital staff at two French hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic

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62% of hospital workers reported increased physical fatigue due to changes in working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

36% of respondents experienced moral exhaustion related to the pandemic.
72% of hospital workers reported stress from the fear of contracting COVID-19.
89% expressed concern about transmitting the virus to their relatives.
41% of participants perceived a vital risk associated with their work during the pandemic.
Insecurity was linked to changes in organization, lack of information, and inadequate protective equipment.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has swept through our hospitals which have had to adapt as a matter of urgency. We are aware that a health crisis of this magnitude is likely to generate mental disorders particularly affecting exposed healthcare workers. Being so brutal and global, this one-of the kind pandemic has been impacting the staff in their professional sphere but also within their private circle. The COV IMPACT study is an early assessment survey conducted for 2 weeks in May 2020, of the perception by all hospital workers of the changes induced in their professional activity by the pandemic. The study was carried out by a survey sent to the hospital staff of Béziers and Montfermeil. The readjusted working conditions were source of increased physical fatigue for 62 % of the respondents. Moral exhaustion was reported by 36 %. It was related to the stress of contracting the infection (72 %) but above all of transmitting it to relatives (89 %) with a broad perception of a vital risk (41 %). This stress affected all socio-professional categories (CSP) and was independent of exposure to COVID. Change in organisation, lack of information and protective gear and equipment were major factors of insecurity at the start of the epidemic. Work on supportive measures is necessary. It should focus on the spread of information, particularly towards the youngest, as well as bringing more psychological support and a larger amount of medical equipment, beyond healthcare workers and the COVID sectors.

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COV IMPACT : analyse des différents facteurs de stress du personnel hospitalier dans 2 centres hospitaliers en France lors de la pandémie COVID-19

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