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Stress, Burnout and Coping Strategies among Frontline Health Workers during Covid-19 Pandemic: Review


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The doctors, Nurses and other health care providers are at frontline in this covid-19 pandemic, are exposed to tremendous occupational stressors that render them liable for occupational burnout due to workload, Lack of medical professionals and infrastructure. The COVID-19 pandemic had a massive impact on healthcare systems and health care workers across the globe leading to increasing the risks of psychological distress in health care professionals. Several occupational risk factors are challenging to healthcare workers who are at high risk of mental health outcomes, including Burnout Syndrome. Several studies are conducted to detect level of stress, fear, burnout experiencing by frontline health workers which shows the frontline health workers are under stress, fear. This article reviews the possible causes for burnout and strategies to cope up during covid-19 pandemic among frontline health workers.

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Covid-19, Stress, Burnout, Coping Strategies, Frontline Health Workers.
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Mahesh Bamani
Assist. Professor, Dr. Deepak Patil Nursing Institute, Borpadle, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India

Abstract


The doctors, Nurses and other health care providers are at frontline in this covid-19 pandemic, are exposed to tremendous occupational stressors that render them liable for occupational burnout due to workload, Lack of medical professionals and infrastructure. The COVID-19 pandemic had a massive impact on healthcare systems and health care workers across the globe leading to increasing the risks of psychological distress in health care professionals. Several occupational risk factors are challenging to healthcare workers who are at high risk of mental health outcomes, including Burnout Syndrome. Several studies are conducted to detect level of stress, fear, burnout experiencing by frontline health workers which shows the frontline health workers are under stress, fear. This article reviews the possible causes for burnout and strategies to cope up during covid-19 pandemic among frontline health workers.

Keywords


Covid-19, Stress, Burnout, Coping Strategies, Frontline Health Workers.

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