Problems Facing Healthcare Providers When Caring for COVID-19 Patients: An Integrative Review.
Henny Suzana MedianiFanny AdistieSri HendrawatiYanny TrisyaniPublished in: Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare (2022)
The COVID-19 outbreak is a world health problem that affects millions of people. The pandemic is also causing burdens and challenges to health-care providers. Therefore, this study aimed to examine and help understand health-care providers' problems when caring for COVID-19 patients. An integrative review following Whittemore and Kanfl's approach was used along with a systematic search for emerging online databases and grey literature conducted from January to August 2021. The quality of papers was analyzed and a report was presented following PRISMA guidelines. A total of 18 articles that were predominantly descriptive with five themes, including mental health problems in the early stage of COVID-19 outbreak, working stress, physical and psychological impacts of disease, and the lack of support were analyzed. The results showed the pandemic's significant psychological impact on health-care providers directly caring for COVID-19 patients. Emotional, facilities and family support are needed to maintain the health-care providers' well-being.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- mental health
- sars cov
- early stage
- coronavirus disease
- health information
- mental illness
- systematic review
- public health
- physical activity
- randomized controlled trial
- social media
- white matter
- multiple sclerosis
- climate change
- cross sectional
- quality improvement
- depressive symptoms
- lymph node
- stress induced
- african american
- patient reported