ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Secondary Traumatic Stress and Burnout in Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Outbreak.
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- Secondary traumatic stress and burnout in healthcare professional: systematic review and a meta-analysis based on correlation coefficient.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Uncertainty and decision-making in critical care: lessons from managing COVID-19 ARDS in preparation for the next pandemic.BMJ open respiratory research · 2025Pooled it
- Personal trauma history and secondary traumatic stress in mental health professionals: A systematic review.Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing · 2025Pooled it
- Self-Compassion Interventions to Target Secondary Traumatic Stress in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Burnout status of healthcare workers in the world during the peak period of the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
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- Eating Disorders Spectrum During the COVID Pandemic: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
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- Practical resiliency training for healthcare workers during COVID-19: results from a randomised controlled trial testing the Community Resiliency Model for well-being support.BMJ open quality · 2022Trial
- Surviving the storm: A pragmatic non-randomised examination of a brief intervention for disaster-affected health and social care providers.Health & social care in the community · 2022Trial
- Protocol: Psychosocial Interventions Addressing Mental Health Outcomes Among Hospital-Based Healthcare Workers in United States Hospitals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Campbell systematic reviews · 2026Review
- Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Emergency Medical Personnel: A Cross-Sectional Study in Romania.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Article
- Repeated exposure to trauma narratives and professional quality of life in palliative and end-of-life healthcare providers.Palliative & supportive care · 2026Article
- Assessing healthcare professional wellness during natural and man-made mass casualty incidents: a retrospective study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Factors Associated With Professional Quality of Life Among Exposed Nursing Staff to the COVID-19 Patients.Nursing research and practice · 2026Article
- The influence of childhood trauma on social media-induced secondary traumatic stress among college students: the chain mediating effect of self-compassion and resilience.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Pediatric critical care capacity in Canada.Paediatrics & child health · 2025Article
- Mindfulness-Oriented Professional Resilience (MOPR) Training to Reduce Compassion Fatigue in Healthcare Workers: A Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Implementing resilience-based interventions for healthcare employee well-being: evidence from the pandemic crisis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
(1) Background: The present study aims to assess the level of professional burnout and secondary traumatic stress (STS), and to identify potential risk or protective factors among health care workers (HCWs) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.; (2) Methods: This cross-sectional study, based on an online survey, collected demographic data and mental distress outcomes from 184 HCWs from 1 May 2020, to 15 June 2020, from 45 different countries. The degree of STS, perceived stress and burnout was assessed using the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (STSS), the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Service Survey (MBI-HSS) respectively. Stepwise multiple regression analysis was performed to identify potential risk and protective factors for STS; (3) Results: 184 HCWs (M = 90; Age mean: 46.45; SD: 11.02) completed the survey. A considerable proportion of HCWs had symptoms of STS (41.3%), emotional exhaustion (56.0%), and depersonalization (48.9%). The prevalence of STS was 47.5% in frontline HCWs while in HCWs working in other units it was 30.3% (
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