Distress and Wellbeing among General Practitioners in 33 Countries during COVID-19: Results from the Cross-Sectional PRICOV-19 Study to Inform Health System Interventions

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Katica Tripkovic¹  Adam Windak²  Katarzyna Nessler²  Limor Adler³  Zlata Ožvačić Adžić⁴  Radost Asenova⁵  Sara Willems⁶  Els Clays⁶  Esther Van Poel⁶  Milena Šantrić Milićević⁷  Zoran Bukumiric⁷  Ségolène de Rouffignac⁸  Cécile Ponsar⁸  Joanna Cholewa⁸  Liubove Murauskiene⁹  Claire Collins^1,10 

[1] City Institute of Public Health Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia;Department of Family Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-061 Krakow, Poland;Department of Family Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel;Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia;Department of General Practice, Medical University Plovdiv, 4003 Plovdiv, Bulgaria;Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium;Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia;Institute of Health and Society, Catholic University of Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium;Public Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, LT-01513 Vilnius, Lithuania;Research Centre, Irish College of General Practitioners, D02 XR68 Dublin, Ireland;

关键词: wellbeing;    distress;    COVID-19;    general practice/family medicine;    health system;    organizational;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph19095675

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Emerging literature is highlighting the huge toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline health workers. However, prior to the crisis, the wellbeing of this group was already of concern. The aim of this paper is to describe the frequency of distress and wellbeing, measured by the expanded 9-item Mayo Clinic Wellbeing Index (eWBI), among general practitioners/family physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify levers to mitigate the risk of distress. Data were collected by means of an online self-reported questionnaire among GP practices. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software using Version 7 of the database, which consisted of the cleaned data of 33 countries available as of 3 November 2021. Data from 3711 respondents were included. eWBI scores ranged from −2 to 9, with a median of 3. Using a cutoff of ≥2, 64.5% of respondents were considered at risk of distress. GPs with less experience, in smaller practices, and with more vulnerable patient populations were at a higher risk of distress. Significant differences in wellbeing scores were noted between countries. Collaboration from other practices and perception of having adequate governmental support were significant protective factors for distress. It is necessary to address practice- and system-level organizational factors in order to enhance wellbeing and support primary care physicians.

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