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Observational studyInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Work-Related Stress among a Cohort of Italian Long-Term Care Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Observational Study.

Andrea Conti, Sophia Russotto, Annalisa Opizzi, Matteo Ratti, Daniele Nicolini, Kris Vanhaecht, Massimiliano Panella

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Observational study in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Perception on Job Stress of Construction Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrea ContiDepartment of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0021-117X
Sophia RussottoDepartment of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy.
Annalisa OpizziDepartment of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy.
Matteo RattiDepartment of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9273-9114
Daniele NicoliniDepartment of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy.
Kris VanhaechtKU Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-5636-4792
Massimiliano PanellaDepartment of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1880-7198
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro” · ITKU Leuven · BE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite long-term care (LTC) workers having been identified as particularly subject to chronic stress, only a few studies evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stress in this population. As far as the authors know, no studies have investigated the relationship between work-related stress and chronic stress in the LTC setting. This retrospective observational study aimed to assess the level of chronic stress in LTC workers, to identify some possible predictors and vulnerability factors, and to measure the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on work-related stress. The study was based on the information gathered from two different questionnaires administered before and one year after the beginning of the pandemic, to a cohort of Italian LTC workers. We found that chronic stress was associated with lower resilience to stress scores (57.42 vs. 60.66) and with higher work-related stress scores (30.48 vs. 20.83). Interestingly, the overall level of work-related stress did not differ between the two questionnaires (27.84 vs. 29.08). However, the main components of the questionnaires changed; fatigue and burnout symptoms became more relevant after the pandemic. Results of this study suggests deepening knowledge of the components of stress to develop and implement effective stress mitigation interventions.

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Burnout, ProfessionalCOVID-19HumansLong-Term CarePandemicsSurveys and QuestionnairesCOVID-19healthcare workers mental healthlong-term caremental healthwork-related stress

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PMID35627411
PMCPMC9140776
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