Open AccessInfluence of Different Protection States on the Mental Fatigue of Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Haizhe Jin,
M. Xiao,
Zibo Gong,
Yinan Zhao
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s377936
Subject(s) - workload , covid-19 , mental fatigue , personal protective equipment , mental state , pandemic , work (physics) , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , operating system
COVID-19 has brought greater workload pressures to the medical field, such as medical staff being required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE). While PPE can protect the safety of staff during the pandemic, it can also accelerate the accumulation of fatigue among operators.