A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW OF THE EFFECT OF COVID-19 ON HEALTH WORKER DEMAND

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has been the worst in recent times. This pandemic poses significant impacts to the social, economic, environmental, and employment sectors in general, particularly health workers. In the COVID-19 pandemic, health workers are extremely in demand because they are responsible for treating COVID-19 patients who have suffered a higher risk from infection. Health care workers are not only at risk of disease, the pandemic also had several other implications. This study examines the existing literature on the effects of COVID-19 on health worker demand. A systematic review of the Scopus and Web of Science using the PRISMA Statement (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) review technique found 27 relevant studies. Analysis of these articles revealed five main themes: mental health, working conditions, providing medical property, cost production, and supply. A total of seventeen sub-themes were created from these five themes. These study findings may contribute to providing support and identifying the requirements of health workers in all impacted countries, allowing them to work and respond to the pandemic with confidence. Additional research is needed to uncover the effects of health workers on the frontlines to better design, prepare for, and respond to future pandemics.