COVID-19 Effects on Frontline Professionals: A Psychological Aspect

• Autorzy: Rita Remeikienė , Albinas Bagdonas
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The article aims to investigate the need for psychological help and its availability for professionals working in frontal areas during an emergency situation. A representative study (N=1139; educators, medical staff, social workers, psychologist, and other; 304 respondents from Vilnius district) concluded that the need for psychological services and the intensification of such provision in crisis situations is clear. As a result, the necessary decisions are formed at the state level, which improve the legal regulation of psychological services both at the level of individual agencies and at the interdepartmental level. The authors of the article recommend regulating at least the time norms and costs of psychological services provided in the public sector, as well as regulating the relevant parameters of health care, social or educational services and developing remote psychological services not only for sensitive groups (e.g. children or silver lines), professionals and the general population (especially in the context of social crises), to bring university studies of psychologists more in line with the requirements of the EuroPsy diploma.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

COVID-19; Health care services market; Psychology

PL

COVID-19; Rynek usług zdrowotnych; Psychologia

• Czasopismo: Economics & Sociology
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: 14
• Numer: nr 3
• Strony: 264--282

Twórcy

autor

Rita Remeikienė

• Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

autor

Albinas Bagdonas

• Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

Bibliografia

• American Hospital Association. (2020). Hospitals and Health Systems Face Unprecedented Financial Pressures Due to COVID-19. Retrieved from: https://www.aha.org/guidesreports/2020-05-05-hospitals-and-health-systems-face****unprecedented-financial-pressures-due
• Bolino, M. (2020). Managing Employee Stress and Anxiety during the Coronavirus. Retrieved from: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-thoughtful****manager/202003/managing-employee-stress-and-anxiety-during-the-coronavirus
• Cabarkapa, S., Nadjidai, S. E., Murgier, J., & Ng, C. H. (2020). The psychological impact of COVID-19 and other viral epidemics on frontline healthcare workers and ways to address it: a rapid systematic review. Brain, Behavior and Immunity - Health, 8, 100144. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100144
• Cawcutt, K. A., Starlin, R., & Rupp, M. E. (2020). Fighting fear in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 25. 1-2. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.315
• Chan, A. O. M. & Huak, C. Y. (2004). Psychological impact of the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak on health care workers in a medium size regional general hospital in Singapore. Occupational Medicine, 54(3), 190-196. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqh027.
• Chen, Q., Liang, M., Li, Y., Guo, J., Fei, D., Wang, L., He, L., Sheng, C., Cai, Y., Li, X., Wang, J., Zhang, Z. (2020). Mental health care for medical staff in China during the COVID-19 outbreak. Lancet Psychiatry, 7(4), e15-e16. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30078-X.
• Dementiev, E.V. (2021). Why Countries Differ Greatly in the Effects of COVID-19, Montenegrin Journal of Economics, 17(4), 55-63.
• Dias, R., Teixeira, N., Machova, V., Pardal, P., Horak, J., & Vochozka, M. (2020). Random walks and market efficiency tests: evidence on US, Chinese and European capital markets within the context of the global Covid-19 pandemic. Oeconomia Copernicana, 11(4), 585-608. https://doi.org/10.24136/oc.2020.024.
• Du, J., Dong, L., Wang, T., Yuan, C., Fu, R., Zhang, L., Liu, B., Zhang, M., Yin, Y., Qin, J., Bouey, J., Zhao, M., & Li, X. (2020). Psychological symptoms among frontline healthcare workers during COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. General Hospital Psychiatry, S0163-8343(20), 30045-1. Retrieved from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7194721/pdf/main.pdf
• Gayer˗Anderson, C., Latham, R., El Zerbi, C., Strang, L., Moxham Hall, V., Knowles, G., Marlow, S., Avendano, M., Manning, N., Das-Munshi, J., Fisher, H., Rose, D., et al. (2020). Impacts of social isolation among disadvantaged and vulnerable groups during public health crises. Retrieved from: https://esrc.ukri.org/files/news-events-and****publications/evidence-briefings/impacts-of-social-isolation-among-disadvantaged-and****vulnerable-groups-during-public-health-crises/
• Gupta, S., Sahoo, S. (2020). Pandemic and mental health of the front-line healthcare workers: a review and implications in the Indian context amidst COVID-19. General Psychiatry, 33(5), e100284. doi: 10.1136/gpsych-2020-100284
• Humer, E., Pieh, C., Kuska, M., Barke, A., Doering, B. K., Gossmann, K., Trnka, R., Meier, Z., Kascakova, N., Tavel, P., & Probst, T. (2020). Provision of Psychotherapy during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Czech, German and Slovak Psychotherapists. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(13), 4811. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17134811
• Inchausti, F., MacBeth, A., Hasson-Ohayon, I., & Dimaggio, G. (2020). Psychological Intervention and COVID-19: What We Know So Far and What We Can Do. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 27, 1-8. doi: 10.1007/s10879-020-09460-w
• Javadi, S. M. H., Arian, M., & Qorbani-Vanajemi, M. (2020). The need for psychosocial interventions to manage the coronavirus crisis. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 14(1), e102546. doi: 10.5812/ijpbs.102546
• Jiang, X., Deng, L., Zhu, Y., Ji, H., Tao, L., Liu, L., Yang, D., & Ji, W. (2020). Psychological crisis intervention during the outbreak period of new coronavirus pneumonia from experience in Shanghai. Psychiatry Research, 286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112903
• Kufel, T. (2020). ARIMA-based forecasting of the dynamics of confirmed Covid-19 cases for selected European countries. Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy, 15(2), 181-204. https://doi.org/10.24136/eq.2020.009
• Lai, J., Ma, S., Wang, Y., Cai, Z., Hu, J., Wei, N., et al. (2020). Factors associated with mental health outcomes among health care workers exposed to coronavirus disease 2019. JAMA Network Open, 3, e203976. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.3976
• Liu, S, Yang, L, Zhang, C, Xiang, Y-T, Liu, Z, Hu, S, et al. (2020). Online mental health services in China during the COVID-19 outbreak. Lancet Psychiatry, 7(4), e17-e8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)3007
• Lu, W, Wang, H, Lin, Y, & Li, L. (2020). Psychological status of medical workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study. Psychiatry Research, 288, 112936. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112936.
• Mihalca, L., Lucia Ratiu, L., Brendea, G., Metz, D., Dragan, M., & Dobre, F. (2021). Exhaustion while teleworking during COVID-19: a moderated-mediation model of role clarity, self-efficacy, and task interdependence. Oeconomia Copernicana, 12(2), 269-306. https://doi.org/10.24136/oc.2021.010
• Nyashanu, M., Pfende, F., & Ekpenyong, M. (2020). Exploring the challenges faced by frontline workers in health and social care amid the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of frontline workers in the English Midlands region, UK. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 34(5), p. 655-661. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2020.1792425
• Pardal, P., Dias, R., Šuleř, P., Teixeira, N., & Krulický, T. (2020). Integration in Central European capital markets in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy, 15(4), 627-650. https://doi.org/10.24136/eq.2020.027
• Shechter, A., Diaz, F., Moise, N., Anstey, D. E., Ye, S., Agarwal, S., Birk, J. L., Brodie, D., et al. (2020). Psychological distress, coping behaviors, and preferences for support among New York healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. General Hospital Psychiatry, 66, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2020.06.007
• Smith, E. (2020). How to support staff mental health during a crisis. Retrieved from: https://www.devex.com/news/how-to-support-staff-mental-health-during-a-crisis-96979
• Solomon-Osborne, A. (2020). Opinion: psychological first aid for front-line workers in quarantine. Retrieved from: https://www.devex.com/news/opinion-psychological-first****aid-for-front-line-workers-in-quarantine-98239
• Tasnim, S., Hossain, M. M., & Mazumder, H. (2020). Impact of rumours or misinformation on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in social media. Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 53(3), p. 171-174. doi: 10.3961/jpmph.20.094
• Tomlin, J., Dalgleish-Warbuton, B., & Lamph, G. (2020). Psychosocial Support for Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Retrieved from: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01960/full
• Unicef. (2020). Protecting Salaries of Frontline Teachers and Health Workers. Retrieved from: https://www.unicef.org/socialpolicy/files/Protecting_Salaries_of_Frontline_Teachers_and_Healthcare_Workers_final(1).pdf
• Vasylieva, N. (2021). "Food Security in Times of Covid-19: Price Aspects in Ukraine and Neighboring EU Countries", Montenegrin Journal of Economics, 17(3), pp. 21-30.
• Vizheh, M., Qorbani, M., Arzaghi, S. M., Muhidin, S., Javanmard, Z., & Esmaeili, M. (2020). The mental health of healthcare workers in the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review. Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, 26, 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s40200-020-00643-9.
• World Health Organisation. (2020). Frontline workers and COVID-19: coping with stress. Retrieved from: http://www.emro.who.int/mnh/news/frontline-workers-and-covid-19-coping-with-stress.html
• Xiao, H., Zhang, Y., Kong, D., Li, S., & Yang, N. (2020). The Effects of Social Support on Sleep Quality of Medical Staff Treating Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in January and February 2020 in China. Medical Science Monitor, 26. doi: 10.12659/ MSM.923549
• Xiaoming, X., Ming, A., Su, H., Wo, W., Jianmei, C., Qi, Z., Hua, H., Xuemei, L., Lixia, W., Jun, C., Lei, S., Zhen, L., et al. (2020). The psychological status of 8817 hospital workers during COVID-19 Epidemic: A cross-sectional study in Chongqing. Journal of Affective Disorders, 276, 555-561. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.092
• Zhang, W., Wang, K., Yin, L., Zhao, W., Xue, Q., Peng, M., Min, B., Tian, Q., Leng, H., Du, J., Chang, H., Yang, Y., et al. (2020). Mental Health and Psychosocial Problems of Medical Health Workers during the COVID-19 Epidemic in China. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 9, 1-9. doi: 10.1159/000507639
• Zhou, X. (2020). Psychological crisis interventions in Sichuan Province during the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak. Psychiatry Research, 286. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112895
• Zinecker, M., Doubravský, K., Balcerzak, A.P., Pietrzak, M. B., & Dohnal, M. (2021). The Covid-19 Disease and Policy Response to Mitigate the Economic Impact in the EU: An Exploratory Study Based on Qualitative Trend Analysis. Technological and Economic Development of Economy, 27(3), 742-762. doi: https://doi.org/10.3846/tede.2021.14585

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.14254/2071-789X.2021/14-3/14