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© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers (HCW) were categorized as “essential” and “non-essential”, creating a division where some were “locked-in” a system with little ability to prepare for or control the oncoming crisis. Others were “locked-out” regardless of whether their skills might be useful. The purpose of this study was to systematically gather data over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic from HCW through an interprofessional lens to examine experiences of locked-out HCW. This convergent parallel mixed-methods study captured perspectives representing nearly two dozen professions through a survey, administered via social media, and video blogs. Analysis included logistic regression models of differences in outcome measures by professional category and Rapid Identification of Themes from Audio recordings (RITA) of video blogs. We collected 1299 baseline responses from 15 April 2020 to 16 March 2021. Of those responses, 12.1% reported no signs of burnout, while 21.9% reported four or more signs. Qualitative analysis identified four themes: (1) professional identity, (2) intrinsic stressors, (3) extrinsic factors, and (4) coping strategies. There are some differences in the experiences of locked-in and locked-out HCW. This did not always lead to differing reports of moral distress and burnout, and both groups struggled to cope with the realities of the pandemic.

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Title
“I Don’t Want to Go to Work”: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Healthcare Worker Experiences from the Front- and Side-Lines of COVID-19
Author
Heavner, Smith F 1 ; Mackenzie Stuenkel 2 ; Rebecca Russ Sellers 3 ; McCallus, Rhiannon 2 ; Dean, Kendall D 4 ; Wilson, Chloe 5 ; Shuffler, Marissa 5 ; Britt, Thomas W 5 ; Shannon Stark Taylor 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Benedum, Molly 7 ; Munk, Niki 8 ; Mayo, Rachel 2 ; Kathleen Buford Cartmell 2 ; Griffin, Sarah 2 ; Ann Blair Kennedy 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA; Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Greenville, SC 29605, USA 
 Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA 
 Premier Neuro, Greer, SC 29650, USA 
 Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Greenville, SC 29605, USA 
 Department of Psychology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA 
 Center for Family Medicine, Department of Medicine, Prisma Health, Greenville, SC 29605, USA 
 AppFamily Medicine, Department of Medicine, Appalachian Regional Healthcare System, Boone, NC 28607, USA 
 Department of Health Sciences, School of Health & Human Sciences, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA 
First page
5953
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
1661-7827
e-ISSN
1660-4601
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2823985180
Copyright
© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.