Being a technician during COVID-19: a qualitative cross-sectional survey on the experiences of clinical neurophysiology technicians.

Autor: Sireci F; Neurology Unit, Neuromotor & Rehabilitation Department, Azienda USL - IRCCS Di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy., Bellei E; Interactionist Cognitive Psychotherapy School, Padua, Italy., Torre G; Neurology Unit, Neuromotor & Rehabilitation Department, Azienda USL - IRCCS Di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy., Ferrari F; Neurology Unit, Neuromotor & Rehabilitation Department, Azienda USL - IRCCS Di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy., Minardi V; Neurology Unit, Neuromotor & Rehabilitation Department, Azienda USL - IRCCS Di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy., Ghirotto L; Qualitative Research Unit, Azienda USL - IRCCS Di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy. luca.ghirotto@ausl.re.it., Valzania F; Neurology Unit, Neuromotor & Rehabilitation Department, Azienda USL - IRCCS Di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology [Neurol Sci] 2023 Feb; Vol. 44 (2), pp. 429-436. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 13.
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-022-06551-5
Abstrakt: Background: During the Sars-CoV-2 virus pandemic, Italy faced an unrivaled health emergency. Its impact has been significant on the hospital system and personnel. Clinical neurophysiology technicians played a central role (but less visibly so compared to other healthcare workers) in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. This research aims to explore the experiences of clinical neurophysiology technicians during the pandemic and contribute to the debate on the well-being of healthcare workers on the front line.
Methods: We implemented a cross-sectional survey across Italy. It contained questions that were open-ended for participants to develop their answers and acquire a fuller perspective. The responses were analyzed according to the framework method.
Results: One hundred and thirty-one responses were valid, and the following themes were generated: technicians' experiences in their relationship with patients, technicians' relationship with their workgroup and directors, and technicians' relationship with the context outside of their work. The first theme included sub-themes: fear of infection, empathy, difficulty, a sense of obligation and responsibility, anger, and sadness. The second theme contained selfishness/solidarity in the workgroup, lack of protection/collaboration from superiors, stress, and distrust. The last theme included fear, stress/tiredness, serenity, sadness, and anger.
Conclusion: This study contributes to building a humanized perspective for personnel management, bringing attention to the technical work of healthcare professionals in an emergency and the emotional and relational dimensions. These are the starting points to define proper, contextually adequate support.
(© 2022. Fondazione Società Italiana di Neurologia.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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