Pandemic and epidemic infectious diseases such as COVID-19 or MERS-CoV impose a significant level of anxiety and stress on healthcare workers who are caring of infected patients, with their main concern being the risk of transmitting the infection to their families or to acquire it themselves. ...
COVID-19RelationshipPandemicEmergencyMental healthThe coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic had a significant effect on the mental health,social lives,and family relationships of healthcare workers.During the pandemic,these workers had to prioritize their work over parenting,spending time with their kids or ...
The rapid spread of the disease created challenges for healthcare systems and forced healthcare workers to grapple with clinical and nonclinical stressors, including shortages of personal protective equipment, mortality and morbidity associated with...
The forces in play during the COVID-19 pandemic–driven slowdown and recession have affected the demand for health care and, consequently, the willingness of hospitals, health care systems, and clinician group practices to continue employing health care workers at prepandemic levels. The pandemic ...
most importantly, their loved ones. In short, COVID-19 has had an impact on all aspects of our lives, from financial to social interactions, family to business relations, and physical to mental health, especially healthcare workers who have been fighting coronavirus at the frontline4,5, and ...
The long-term health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers (HCWs) are largely unclear. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in HCWs in a longitudinal manner. Ad
One of the main reasons why healthcare workers are in high demand is that a significant percentage of them are also succumbing to the disease. Since they are on the front lines, they are most exposed. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new light to how vital healthcare workers are. Even...
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support was provided by government for those unable to work due to COVID restrictions. COVID-19 vaccinations for healthcare workers such as nurses were also mandatory in Australia. In the UK they were mandated for social care workers, but this requirement was dropped for NHS staff in early ...
not in active case detection and management. it is vital in determining the immunity of healthcare workers as the outbreak progresses and the true mortality rate once the outbreak resolves. the sensitivities and specificities of different serologic tests are highly variable. igg antibodies are usually...