The impact of work-related stress on the cognition domain of executive functioning of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
| Autor: | Omnia R Amin, Hatem Sherif Hamdy, S.A. Farahat, Marwa Mohammed Fouad |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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health care facilities
manpower and services Health Personnel education Burnout Isolation hospital Occupational Stress Cognition Wisconsin Card Sorting Test Surveys and Questionnaires Depersonalization Pandemic Health care medicine Humans Cognitive domain Cognitive decline Emotional exhaustion Burnout Professional Pandemics Work-related stress business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Health care workers COVID-19 Original Article medicine.symptom Psychology business Executive functioning Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health |
| ISSN: | 1432-1246 0340-0131 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE: The current study addressed work-related stress and burnout experienced by health care workers (HCWs) in Cairo University isolation hospital and its impact on the cognitive domain of their executive functioning. METHODS: Arabic validated questionnaires of Beverly Potter for sources of work-related burnout and Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Services Survey for evaluation of burnout degree of 81 HCWs were used. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test was used to examine the HCWs cognitive executive functioning during hospital work and 2 weeks after home isolation. RESULTS: A high degree of work-related stress was evident by a high score on Beverly questionnaire with a mean ± SD of (132.08 ± 12.573). A high degree of burnout was marked with a mean ± SD of (28.48 ± 6.622) for Emotional Exhaustion module, (31.85 ± 5.439) Personal Achievement, and (17.52 ± 6.707) Depersonalization. Health care workers experienced impairment of executive functioning in the form of increased total errors of Wisconsin Card Sorting Test during hospital shifts compared to 2 weeks after. There is a positive significant correlation between work-related stress level and Maslach Burnout Inventory and the total errors of Wisconsin Card Sorting Test results during the hospital stay (p = < 0.001), as well as 2 weeks after (p = < 0.001).This cognitive decline manifested in increased errors during HCWs' clinical work. CONCLUSIONS: Health care workers on the front line experienced a high degree of work-related stress in addition to burnout in the form of Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization, and reduced Personal Achievement. They also suffered from impaired cognitive executive functioning due to such stressful exposure. |
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