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Psychological stress and coping strategies among frontline healthcare workers supporting patients with coronavirus disease 2019: a retrospective study and literature review.
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- Supporting the well-being of nurses, paramedics, and firefighters during external crises by managing workload: an umbrella review.Industrial health · 2025Pooled it
- Burnout in residents during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Professionalism and mental health in medical and nursing students under prolonged virtual learning: a longitudinal study in Peru.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- The Effects of Occupational Stress and Stress Management on the Performance of Frontline Healthcare Service Workers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Hardship, coping, and joy: ACPs' experiences of working through the COVID-19 pandemic.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025Article
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- Influence of social support and coping strategies on psychological stress among frontline medical personnel during the Yangbi Earthquake: a cross-sectional analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak might have a psychological impact on frontline healthcare workers. However, the effectiveness of coping strategies was less reported.
objectivesWe aimed to investigate the sources of stress and coping strategies among frontline healthcare workers fighting against COVID-19. We also performed a literature review regarding the effects of coping methods on psychological health in this population.
methodsWe included frontline healthcare workers who completed an online survey using self-made psychological stress questionnaires in a cross-sectional study. We evaluated the association between potential factors and high-stressed status using a logistic regression model. We performed the principal component analysis with varimax rotation for factor analysis. We also performed a systematic review of published randomized controlled studies that reported the effects of coping methods on psychological health in COVID-19 healthcare workers.
resultsWe included 107 [32 (29-36) years] respondents in the final analysis, with a response rate of 80.5%. A total of 41 (38.3%) respondents were high-stressed. Compared with the low-stressed respondents, those with high-stress were less likely to be male (46.3%
conclusionOur findings suggest that some frontline healthcare workers experienced psychological stress during the early pandemic. Effective coping strategies are required to help relieve the stress in this population.
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