ArticleBMJ open2021
How can we build and maintain the resilience of our health care professionals during COVID-19? Recommendations based on a scoping review.
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79 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Front Line Nurses: A Synthesis of Qualitative Evidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Development of a Pandemic Resilience Competence Model for Healthcare Professionals-Individual and Organisational Aspects.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Lessons for Leadership Planning Employee Support in a Long-Term Crisis: The COVID-19 Healthcare Worker Experience.Nursing research and practice · 2025Article
- Nurses Navigating Mental Health During Uncharted Times: Self, Others, Systems (S.O.S)!The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2024Article
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- Understanding the impact of expertise on compassion fatigue in counseling via core self-evaluation and resilience.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Factors influencing the formation of balanced care teams: the organisation, performance, and perception of nursing care teams and the link with patient outcomes: a systematic scoping review.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Strategies to strengthen the resilience of primary health care in the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore how to build and maintain the resilience of frontline healthcare professionals exposed to COVID-19 outbreak working conditions.
designScoping review supplemented with expert interviews to validate the findings.
settingHospitals.
methodsWe searched PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, bioRxiv and medRxiv systematically and grey literature for articles focusing on the impact of COVID-19-like working conditions on the physical and/or mental health of healthcare professionals in a hospital setting. Articles using an empirical design about determinants or causes of physical and/or mental health and about interventions, measures and policies to preserve physical and/or mental health were included. Four experts were interviewed to reflect on the results from the scoping review.
resultsIn total, 4471 records were screened leading to an inclusion of 73 articles. Recommendations prior to the outbreak fostering resilience included optimal provision of education and training, resilience training and interventions to create a feeling of being prepared. Recommendations during the outbreak consisted of (1) enhancing resilience by proper provision of information, psychosocial support and treatment (eg, create enabling conditions such as forming a psychosocial support team), monitoring the health status of professionals and using various forms and content of psychosocial support (eg, encouraging peer support, sharing and celebrating successes), (2) tasks and responsibilities, in which attention should be paid to kind of tasks, task mix and responsibilities as well as the intensity and weight of these tasks and (3) work patterns and working conditions. Findings of the review were validated by experts.
conclusionsRecommendations were developed on how to build and maintain resilience of frontline healthcare professionals exposed to COVID-19 outbreak working conditions. These practical and easy to implement recommendations can be used by hospitals and other healthcare organisations to foster and preserve short-term and long-term physical and mental health and employability of their professionals.
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