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[Mental burden, resilience and tendency towards absenteeism among healthcare personnel in Germany during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020 : An ad hoc survey].
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- [Mental health and mental healthcare as elements of pandemic and crisis preparedness].Der Nervenarzt · 2025Review
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- New norm values of the brief resilience scale (BRS) from the German general population with new post-COVID-19 data.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Psychosocial working conditions and mental health among medical assistants in Germany: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Spirituality and anxiety in pastoral care workers and physicians in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Causes and Risk Factors for Absenteeism among Medical Staff in German Specialized Lung Clinics during the COVID Pandemic.Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases · 2023Article
- [Recovery-stress levels in paramedics during the first two waves of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic].Notfall & rettungsmedizin · 2022Article
- Cross-cultural validity of the Death Reflection Scale during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is associated with extensive changes in the public and private life in Germany. Healthcare personnel are particularly exposed to additional stressors.
objectiveTo identify the mental burden, resilience, tendency towards absenteeism and associated factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in an anonymous cross-sectional survey.
methodsData on sociodemographics, occupational situation, contact to COVID-19 patients, mental burden, stressors, resilience, risk and protective factors were assessed among a convenience sample of healthcare personnel in spring 2020 (5 April 2020-7 May 2020). A comparison with the general population in Germany before and during the COVID-19 pandemic was conducted.
resultsAfter the evaluation of 650 completed questionnaires, an increased mental burden was found compared to the German general population before the pandemic, while the mental burden was reduced compared to the general population during the pandemic. The self-reported resilience was slightly higher compared to the general population before and during the pandemic. The COVID-19-related stressors and worries were the most important risk factors, self-efficacy and optimism the most important protective factors. The mental burden was moderately correlated with the intention to change the profession and the tendency towards absenteeism.
conclusionMental burden in healthcare personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with a higher tendency towards taking sick leave. In order to support healthcare personnel interventions that foster resources, such as self-efficacy and optimism should be offered to particularly vulnerable groups .
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