SynthesisJournal of health psychology2022
Factors mediating the psychological well-being of healthcare workers responding to global pandemics: A systematic review.
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- Psychological wellbeing of healthcare professionals in regional, rural and remote emergency departments: an integrative review.BMC emergency medicine · 2026Pooled it
- The development of proxy indicators to measure workforce well-being in emergency obstetric and neonatal care settings.Journal of global health · 2025Pooled it
- Cardiovascular risk factors among nurses: A global systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health among frontline healthcare workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- The Burden of Burnout among Healthcare Professionals of Intensive Care Units and Emergency Departments during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Psychosocial work environment and subjective well being among healthcare professionals using structural equation modeling, mediation and scale development.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Infection prevention and healthcare epidemiology professionals in low- and middle-income countries: a needs assessment survey and call for action.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Double Shield: The Roles of Personal and Organizational Resources in Promoting Positive Outcomes for Employees During Wartime.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Effect of work schedule flexibility as a moderator in the relationship between job stress and wellbeing in pharmacy practice.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Psychological effects of trauma, negative and positive coping, resilience, and psychological distress among Chinese healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of mood and anxiety disorders · 2024Article
- The influence of hospital leadership support on burnout, psychological safety, and safety climate for US infection preventionists during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2024Article
- Psychological pathway to emotional exhaustion among nurses and midwives who provide perinatal bereavement care in China: a path analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
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- The effect of a collective competence intervention on collective efficacy, psychological wellbeing, and social wellbeing: a quasi-experimental study of a sample of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 crisis.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Results of the COVID-19 mental health international for the health professionals (COMET-HP) study: depression, suicidal tendencies and conspiracism.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2023Article
- Psychological disturbances encountered by the healthcare professionals, military professionals and general public in Sri Lanka during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Moral distress during COVID-19: The importance of perceived organizational support for hospital nurses.Journal of health psychology · 2023Article
- A hidden pandemic? An umbrella review of global evidence on mental health in the time of COVID-19.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
- Perceived job demands: a qualitative study of workplace stress in the Iranian healthcare workers (HCWs).BMJ open · 2022Article
- The Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy and Coping Strategy in Relation to Job Stress and Psychological Well-Being of Home-Visiting Care Workers for Elderly during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
This paper reviewed mediators of psychological well-being among healthcare workers responding to pandemics. After registration on PROSPERO, a systematic review was performed in four databases and 39 studies were included. Worse mental health outcomes, such as stress, depressive symptoms, anxiety and burnout were related to demographic characteristics, contact with infected patients and poor perceived support. Self-efficacy, coping ability, altruism and organisational support were protective factors. Despite limitations in the quality of available evidence, this review highlights the prevalence of poor mental health in healthcare workers and proposes target mediators for future interventions.
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