Study of Factors Influencing the Transformation of Medical Staff’s Well-being in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Julia Tokareva,Elena Lysenko,T Kliestik

doi:10.1051/shsconf/20219201049

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Research background: The pandemic caused by COVID-19 is one of such situations that required urgent, anti-crisis solutions on organizing medical-care and support for the life of people. Special attention in scientific research of scientists from different countries is paid to medical workers, as the main participants in the elimination of the pandemic, whose external and internal working conditions have changed to a greater extent. Purpose of the article: to investigate factors those affect the well-being of health care workers in the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The basis of the tools of empirical sociological research was the author’s method of studying 3 groups of factors that affect the well-being of employees: informing of the situation associated with the pandemic, changes in the nature and conditions of work; specifics of working in remote mode in connection with the pandemic. Findings & Value added: The study revealed the importance of informing employees about the situation, as well as a high level of its reliability and timeliness. The most significant changes in the work were the need to control contacts, the use of special protective equipment and the appearance of a large number of stressful factors. The main consequence of working in a pandemic environment, both for employees working in the previous mode and for employees working in remote mode – is a decrease in the level of material well-being. The study of the transformation of work in remote mode, in addition to technical parameters, showed deterioration in working conditions and communication.

Highlights

A new coronavirus disease officially designated COVID-19 emerged as a cluster of unexplained cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, China and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020 [1], [2]
Special attention in scientific research of scientists from different countries is paid to medical workers, as the main participants in the elimination of the pandemic, whose external and internal working conditions have changed to a greater extent
We studied the impact of working relationships on the involvement, well-being, organizational commitment and turnover intentions of nurses working in hospitals in Australia and the United States, and showed their impact on work performance in crisis working conditions [10]

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A new coronavirus disease officially designated COVID-19 emerged as a cluster of unexplained cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, China and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020 [1], [2]. The epidemic of COVID-19 caused an international crisis [3] and affected all population groups as well as influenced the development of the society actualizing the problem of well-being of the working population [4]. The development of new forms of information support, sense of security, and control over the situation were caused by the fast spread of the virus. With the help of an interactive web-based panel (Aninteractiveweb-based), the aggregate data on the number of cases was updated every 15 minutes using DXY for all provinces in China and for other affected countries and regions. The web-based panel has proved effective for timing the first reported case of COVID-19 in new countries or regions [5]. Critical Care Practice for COVID-19 outbreak was proved effective in Lombardy, Italy [6]

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