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ArticleArchives of gerontology and geriatrics

Fear of COVID-19, emotional exhaustion, and care quality experience in nursing home staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Emin Altintas, Abdel-Halim Boudoukha, Yasemin Karaca, Andréa Lizio, Marion Luyat, Karim Gallouj, Mohamad El Haj

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Article in Archives of gerontology and geriatrics. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Emin AltintasUniv. Lille, ULR 4072 - PSITEC - Psychologie : Interactions, Temps, Emotions, Cognition, F-59000 Lille, France; Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing, Unité de Gériatrie, Tourcoing, France. Electronic address: emin.altintas@univ-lille.fr.
Abdel-Halim BoudoukhaLaboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire (EA 4638), Université de Nantes, Nantes, France.
Yasemin KaracaCentre Hospitalier de Roubaix, Service de Pédiatrie, Roubaix, France.
Andréa LizioCentre Hospitalier de Tourcoing, Unité de Gériatrie, Tourcoing, France.
Marion LuyatUniv. Lille, ULR 4072 - PSITEC - Psychologie : Interactions, Temps, Emotions, Cognition, F-59000 Lille, France.
Karim GalloujUniv. Lille, ULR 4072 - PSITEC - Psychologie : Interactions, Temps, Emotions, Cognition, F-59000 Lille, France; Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing, Unité de Gériatrie, Tourcoing, France.
Mohamad El HajCentre Hospitalier de Tourcoing, Unité de Gériatrie, Tourcoing, France; Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire (EA 4638), Université de Nantes, Nantes, France; Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France.
Université de Lille · FRCentre Hospitalier de Roubaix · FRCentre Hospitalier de Tourcoing · FRInstitut Universitaire de France · FRLaboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNursing home staff have been adversely impacted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, facing difficulties in providing patient care. The aim of this study was to explore health workers' perception regarding their own care quality experience in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amidst the second wave of the pandemic, we investigated the relationships between fear of COVID-19 and care quality experiences in nursing homes with emotional exhaustion (EE) as a mediating role. We hypothesized that EE is associated with fear of COVID-19 and care quality experience among nursing home staff. Furthermore, we predicted that EE would mediate the relationships between fear of COVID-19 and care quality experience.

methodsDuring the second wave of COVID-19 (October to December 2020), we administered surveys to a large sample of 129 French nursing home staff with a mean age of 38.47 ± 10.31 who were directly and repeatedly exposed to COVID-19. We assessed their emotional exhaustion (EE) and care quality experience in the workplace via subjective indicators using self-reported scales.

resultsIn the context of COVID-19, low to severe emotional exhaustion levels were found among nursing home staff, and these levels were associated with care quality experience as well as fear of COVID-19. The groups with low and severe levels of EE reported the highest levels of fear of COVID-19. The groups with moderate and severe levels of EE reported the lowest levels of care quality experience. Lastly, the relationships between fear of COVID-19 and care quality experience were mediated by EE.

conclusionsThe findings made by the present study focused on the role of emotional coping responses to COVID-19. EE was associated positively with fear of COVID-19 and negatively with care quality experience. Furthermore, EE was found to mediate the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and care quality experience. We discuss these findings as they relate to palliative care issues in nursing homes and the manner in which emotional exhaustion ought to be addressed among nursing home staff.

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COVID-19FearHumansNursing HomesPandemicsQuality of Health CareCare quality perceptionCOVID-19Emotional exhaustionNursing homesWorkplace

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PMID35714475
PMCPMC9169422
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