ArticleSexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives2022
Working conditions for hospital-based maternity and neonatal health care workers during extraordinary situations - A pre-/post COVID-19 pandemic analysis and lessons learned.
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- Moral distress among maternity and neonatal healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden: Results from the COPE staff longitudinal cohort study.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
- Maintaining operability at a high personal cost - a mixed method study on maternal healthcare workers' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC health services research · 2025Article
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- Trends in the quality of maternal and neonatal care in Sweden and Norway as compared to 12 WHO European countries: A cross-sectional survey investigating maternal perspectives during the COVID-19 pandemic.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2024Observational
- Set aside-A qualitative study of partners' experiences of pregnancy, labour, and postnatal care in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic.PloS one · 2024Article
- A follow up on the feasibility after national implementation of magnesium sulfate for neuroprotection prior to preterm birth.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2023Article
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- Effects of COVID-19-related psychological distress and anxiety on quality of sleep and life in healthcare workers in Iran and three European countries.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Under pressure - The working situation of Swedish healthcare managers during the first wave of COVID-19.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate how the changed work routines during the COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting the working environment for hospital-based maternity and neonatal health care workers, and to identify preventive measures to be used in future situations when health care organizations are under pressure.
methodsAll maternity and neonatal health care workers in a Swedish university hospital were surveyed during October 2019 and September 2020. The data was analyzed by document analysis of implemented changes in working routines, a quantitative analysis of the overall effects on the working conditions, and a qualitative analysis of open-ended responses.
resultsA total of 660 maternity and neonatal health care workers completed the pre-COVID-19 survey (74% response rate) and 382 the COVID-19 survey (35% response rate). Lack of personal protective equipment, worry about becoming infected, uncertainty whether implemented changes were enough, and challenges in communicating updated routines had negative effects on maternity and neonatal health care workers' working conditions. Team spirit and feeling valued by peers had a positive effect.
conclusionsResults suggest that negative effects on maternity and neonatal health care workers' health can partly be prevented in future critical situations by creating a work climate that acknowledges the employees' worry about being infected, securing adequate pre-conditions for managers, creating a strong psychosocial safety climate and systematically improving the working conditions for the maternity and neonatal health care workers, as well as maintaining the positive perceived effects of increased team spirit and feeling valued by peers.
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