Open AccessImpact of Covid-19 on the Mental Health of Healthcare Workers: Predisposing factors, prevalence and supportive strategies
Author(s) -
Pranjali Pujari,
Purvi Pujari,
Anuj Kumar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of health management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2204-3136
pISSN - 1833-3818
DOI - 10.24083/apjhm.v16i4.1303
Subject(s) - pandemic , analytics , mental health , duty , covid-19 , work (physics) , health care , project commissioning , duty of care , medicine , publishing , public relations , business , psychology , political science , psychiatry , data science , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
The massive upsurge of hospitalizations and deaths in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic has placed an unprecedented strain on the psychological well-being of the healthcare workers (HCW) worldwide. The concern about being viewed as unfit for duty by employers or “mentally weak” was the primary reason given. In addition, a majority of HCWs insisted that improvements on the administrative front would have a better impact. An extensive literature review for this paper has been done through databases like Pubmed (Medline) and Google scholar to compile information from various sources. A study of the causative and exacerbating factors, corrective and preventative measures applied, and direct feedback from HCW reveals that much work is yet to be done to develop a satisfactory approach towards ensuring the mental wellbeing of one of the greatest assets in the fight against the pandemic.(*The paper was presented at the 2nd Conference on Business Data Analytics: Innovation in emerging trends in management data analytics. Apeejay School of Management, Dwarka, Delhi, India. November 2021)