ArticleOccupational medicine (Oxford, England)2024
Healthcare worker burnout during a persistent crisis: a case-control study.
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- From early risk to preventive action: Empowerment based digital triage and intervention for burnout, anxiety, and depression in Scandinavian healthcare workers.AIMS public health · 2026Article
- Symptoms of Psychological Stress and Sickness Absence Among Healthcare Workers During a Persistent Crisis.Scandinavian journal of psychology · 2025Observational
- "We're Going to Be Here": Providers' Perspectives on Implementing a Revised HIV Care Coordination Program.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2025Article
- Seeing burnout coming: early signs and recognition strategies in health professionals.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
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backgroundDuring the immediate outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, burnout symptoms increased among healthcare workers. Knowledge is needed on how early symptoms developed during the persistent crisis that followed the first pandemic wave.
aimsTo investigate if high levels of burnout symptoms during the first pandemic wave led to high burnout and depressive symptoms up to a year later, and if participation in psychological support was related to lower levels of symptoms.
methodsA longitudinal case-control study followed 581 healthcare workers from two Swedish hospitals. Survey data were collected with a baseline in May 2020 and three follow-up assessments until September 2021. The case group was participants reporting high burnout symptoms at baseline. Logistic regression analyses were performed separately at three follow-ups with case-control group assignment as the main predictor and burnout and depression symptoms as outcomes, controlling for frontline work, changes in work tasks and psychological support participation.
resultsOne out of five healthcare workers reported high burnout symptoms at baseline. The case group was more likely to have high burnout and depressive symptoms at all follow-ups. Participation in psychological support was unrelated to decreased burnout and depressive symptoms at any of the follow-ups.
conclusionsDuring a persistent crisis, healthcare organizations should be mindful of psychological reactions among staff and who they place in frontline work early in the crisis. To better prepare for future healthcare crises, preventive measures on burnout are needed, both at workplaces and as part of the curricula in medical and nursing education.
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