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: Received: 10 August 2022 / Approved: 12 August 2022 / Online: 12 August 2022 (12:43:46 CEST)
How to cite:
Boamah, S.A.; Weldrick, R.; Havaei, F.; Irshad, A.; Hutchinson, A. Long-Term Care Workers’ Experiences and Their Views About Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review. Preprints2022, 2022080239. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202208.0239.v1
Boamah, S.A.; Weldrick, R.; Havaei, F.; Irshad, A.; Hutchinson, A. Long-Term Care Workers’ Experiences and Their Views About Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review. Preprints 2022, 2022080239. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202208.0239.v1
Boamah, S.A.; Weldrick, R.; Havaei, F.; Irshad, A.; Hutchinson, A. Long-Term Care Workers’ Experiences and Their Views About Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review. Preprints2022, 2022080239. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202208.0239.v1
APA Style
Boamah, S.A., Weldrick, R., Havaei, F., Irshad, A., & Hutchinson, A. (2022). Long-Term Care Workers’ Experiences and Their Views About Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202208.0239.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Boamah, S.A., Ahmed Irshad and Amy Hutchinson. 2022 "Long-Term Care Workers’ Experiences and Their Views About Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202208.0239.v1
Abstract
Healthcare workers (HCWs) in long-term care (LTC) faced and continue to experience significant emotional and psychological distress throughout the pandemic. Despite this, little is known about the unique experiences of LTC workers.This scoping review synthesizes existing research on the experiences of HCWs in LTC during the COVID-19 pandemic. Following Arksey and O’Malley’s framework, data were extracted from six databases from inception of the pandemic to June 2022. Among 3,808 articles screened, 40 articles were included in the final analysis. Analyses revealed three interrelated themes: carrying the load (moral distress); building pressure and burning out (emotional exhaustion); and working through it (a sense of duty to care). Given the impacts of the pandemic on both HCW wellbeing and patient care, every effort must be made to address the LTC workforce crisis and evaluate best practices for supporting HCWs experiencing mental health concerns during and post-COVID-19.
Keywords
long-term care; healthcare workers; mental health; moral distress; resilience; COVID-19
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Nursing
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
