“I Don’t Want to Go to Work”: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of HealthcareWorker Experiences from the Front- and Side-Lines of COVID-19

dc.contributor.authorHeavner, Smith F.
dc.contributor.authorStuenkel, Mackenzie
dc.contributor.authorRuss Sellers, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorMcCallus, Rhiannon
dc.contributor.authorDean, Kendall D.
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Chloe
dc.contributor.authorShuffler, Marissa
dc.contributor.authorBritt, Thomas W.
dc.contributor.authorStark Taylor, Shannon
dc.contributor.authorBenedum, Molly
dc.contributor.authorMunk, Niki
dc.contributor.authorMayo, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorBuford Cartmell, Kathleen
dc.contributor.authorGriffin, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorKennedy, Ann Blair
dc.contributor.departmentHealth Sciences, School of Health and Human Sciences
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-18T17:09:03Z
dc.date.available2024-01-18T17:09:03Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-25
dc.description.abstractDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers (HCW) were categorized as “essential” and “non-essential”, creating a division where some were “locked-in” a system with little ability to prepare for or control the oncoming crisis. Others were “locked-out” regardless of whether their skills might be useful. The purpose of this study was to systematically gather data over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic from HCW through an interprofessional lens to examine experiences of locked-out HCW. This convergent parallel mixed-methods study captured perspectives representing nearly two dozen professions through a survey, administered via social media, and video blogs. Analysis included logistic regression models of differences in outcome measures by professional category and Rapid Identification of Themes from Audio recordings (RITA) of video blogs. We collected 1299 baseline responses from 15 April 2020 to 16 March 2021. Of those responses, 12.1% reported no signs of burnout, while 21.9% reported four or more signs. Qualitative analysis identified four themes: (1) professional identity, (2) intrinsic stressors, (3) extrinsic factors, and (4) coping strategies. There are some differences in the experiences of locked-in and locked-out HCW. This did not always lead to differing reports of moral distress and burnout, and both groups struggled to cope with the realities of the pandemic.
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dc.identifier.citationHeavner SF, Stuenkel M, Russ Sellers R, et al. "I Don't Want to Go to Work": A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Healthcare Worker Experiences from the Front- and Side-Lines of COVID-19. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023;20(11):5953. Published 2023 May 25. doi:10.3390/ijerph20115953
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/38091
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.isversionof10.3390/ijerph20115953
dc.relation.journalInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourcePMC
dc.subjectBurnout
dc.subjectMoral distress
dc.subjectHealthcare worker
dc.subjectNurse
dc.subjectMassage therapist
dc.title“I Don’t Want to Go to Work”: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of HealthcareWorker Experiences from the Front- and Side-Lines of COVID-19
dc.typeArticle
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