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: Received: 7 February 2024 / Approved: 8 February 2024 / Online: 8 February 2024 (10:22:26 CET)
How to cite:
Hundah, S.N.; Sibiya, M.N.; Khoza, T.E. Using the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping to Explore Coping Strategies Adopted by Radiology Health Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic.. Preprints2024, 2024020483. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0483.v1
Hundah, S.N.; Sibiya, M.N.; Khoza, T.E. Using the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping to Explore Coping Strategies Adopted by Radiology Health Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic.. Preprints 2024, 2024020483. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0483.v1
Hundah, S.N.; Sibiya, M.N.; Khoza, T.E. Using the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping to Explore Coping Strategies Adopted by Radiology Health Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic.. Preprints2024, 2024020483. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0483.v1
APA Style
Hundah, S.N., Sibiya, M.N., & Khoza, T.E. (2024). Using the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping to Explore Coping Strategies Adopted by Radiology Health Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic.. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0483.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Hundah, S.N., Maureen Nokuthula Sibiya and Thandokuhle Emmanuel Khoza. 2024 "Using the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping to Explore Coping Strategies Adopted by Radiology Health Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic." Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0483.v1
Abstract
COVID-19 has brought unprecedented challenges and exacerbated existing work-related struggles resulting in heightened occupational stress and impacted work performance among health caregivers. This study utilised the transactional model of stress and coping to explore the coping strategies adopted by radiology health caregivers during the pandemic with the aim to provide baseline data for enhancing preparedness and development of interventions to support staff during future health crises. A qualitative, interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) methodology coupled with constructivist and interpretivist philosophical views were utilised in a multi-method context to conduct semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions among 24 radiology health caregivers in the eThekwini district of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Data were transcribed verbatim and manually analysed using the IPA framework. The radiology health caregivers highlighted resilience, adaptability and identified emotion-focused and problem-focused coping as their mostly preferred strategies of dealing with COVID-19 related mental distress. These included accepting professional responsibilities and duties, social coping, spiritual therapy, adaptive behavioural coping, escape-avoidance and solution-oriented approaches. The findings can guide radiology departments in developing bespoke mental health interventions to support radiology health caregivers during any future health crises.
Public Health and Healthcare, Public, Environmental and Occupational Health
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