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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2022

How Can We Help Healthcare Workers during a Catastrophic Event Such as the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Hannah Wozniak, Lamyae Benzakour, Christophe Larpin, Sebastian Sgardello, Grégory Moullec, Sandrine Corbaz, Pauline Roos, Laure Vieux, Typhaine M Juvet, Jean-Claude Suard and 4 more

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Hannah WozniakIntensive Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5404-4621
Lamyae BenzakourLiaison Psychiatry and Crisis Intervention Service, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1298-9659
Christophe LarpinIntensive Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.
Sebastian SgardelloDepartment of Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.
Grégory MoullecSchool of Public Health, University of Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada.
Sandrine CorbazOccupational Health Service, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.
Pauline RoosHaute École Arc Santé, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Laure VieuxOccupational Health Service, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.
Typhaine M JuvetHaute École Arc Santé, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-0453-4179
Jean-Claude SuardOccupational Health Service, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.
Rafaël WeissbrodtSchool of Health Sciences, HES-SO Valais-Wallis, 1950 Sion, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7220-6145
Jérôme PuginIntensive Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0265-5062
Jacques A PralongOccupational Health Service, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.
Sara CereghettiIntensive Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.
University Hospital of Geneva · CHHES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland · CHUniversity of Geneva · CHHES-SO Valais-Wallis · CHUniversité de Montréal · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Healthcare workers (HCWs) have significantly suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic, reporting a high prevalence of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We investigated with this survey whether HCWs benefitted from supportive measures put in place by hospitals and how these measures were perceived. This cross-sectional survey, which was conducted during the first wave of COVID-19 at the Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland, between May and July 2021, collected information on the use and perception of practical and mental health support measures provided by the hospital. In total, 3461 HCWs participated in the study. Regarding the practical support measures, 2896 (84%) participants found them useful, and 2650 (76%) used them. Regarding the mental health support measures, 3149 (90%) participants found useful to have the possibility of attending hypnosis sessions, 3163 (91%) to have a psychologist within hospital units, 3202 (93%) to have a medical nursing psychiatric permanence available seven days a week, and 3171 (92%) to have a hotline available seven days a week. In total, 436 (13%) HCWs used at least one of the available mental health support measures. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the support measures were valued by HCWs. Given the high prevalence of psychiatric issues among HCWs, these measures seem necessary and are likely to have alleviated the suffering of HCWs.

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COVID-19health promotionhealth servicemental healthoccupational health managementoccupational stresswell-beingworkplace

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PMID35742164
PMCPMC9223242
OpenAlexW4282983642

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