The moderating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental wellbeing of health care workers on sustainable employability: A scoping review

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Psychiatry

Yvette Tooten¹  Anneloes van den Broek²  Lars de Vroege³  Louise van Hoorn⁴ 

[1] Department Gastro-enterology, ETZ Hospital (Elisabeth-TweeSteden Ziekenhuis), Tilburg, Netherlands;Department of Anxiety and Depression, GGz Breburg, Tilburg, Netherlands;Department of Anxiety and Depression, GGz Breburg, Tilburg, Netherlands;Department of Tranzo, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands;Treatment and Coaching, Surplus, Breda, Netherlands;

关键词: healthcare workers;    COVID-19;    mental health;    sustainable employability;    resilience;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1067228

 received in 2022-10-11, accepted in 2022-11-30,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Sustainable employability (SE) amongst healthcare workers (HCW) is an important asset for healthcare institutions. However, SE is under strain due to high work pressure, a shortage of employees, and absenteeism amongst employees based on mental problems. These developments had already started before the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this review is to explore whether there is a moderating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental wellbeing of HCW in the context of SE. A double blinded systematic review was conducted for this article in accordance with preferred reporting items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Eligible studies were subjected to quality evaluation and narrative synthesis. The analysis of the selected literature led to the understanding that mental problems amongst HCW were already abundantly present before the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental health problems have increased in prevalence, severity, and variation. In general, a negative relation between (mental) health and SE exists. Our findings show that mental health problems have heavily impacted the SE of HCW: absenteeism has increased and perspective on work has changed. It is time to prioritize the mental health of HCW to prevent acute care capacity from declining even further and ending up in a vicious circle.

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