Mauda Karram, Andrea M D'Alessandro-Lowe, Kimberly Ritchie, Andrea Brown, Yuanxin Xue, Mina Pichtikova, Maxwell Altman, Isaac Beech, Heather Millman, Fardous Hosseiny, Sara Rodrigues, Alexandra Heber, Charlene O'Connor, Hugo Schielke, Ann Malain, Ruth A Lanius, Randi E McCabe, Margaret C McKinnon
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers (HCWs) have been exposed to highly stressful situations, including increased workloads and exposure to mortality, thus posing a risk for adverse psychological outcomes, including acute stress, moral injury, and depression or anxiety symptoms. Although several reports have sought to identify the types of coping strategies used by HCWs over the course of the pandemic (e.g., physical activity, religion/spirituality, meditation, and alcohol), it remains unclear which factors may influence HCWs' choice of these coping strategies...
January 31, 2023: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health