Nearly half of healthcare professionals surveyed in a global survey conducted by WISH agree that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their mental health has affected their ability to provide quality care
Doha, Qatar, September 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Incredibly high workloads and increased levels of workplace abuse since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic have damaged the mental health of healthcare professionals, lowering the quality of caregiving globally, according to an international study.
59% of healthcare professionals surveyed in the UK, US, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, India and Brazil, agreed that their mental health had suffered as a result of their work throughout the COVID-19 outbreak. Almost half (48%) acknowledged it had negatively impacted their ability to provide quality patient care, with 56% saying they were inclined to leave their jobs since the start of the global health crisis.
The survey was conducted by YouGov on behalf of the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH)the global health initiative Qatar Foundation. The research examined the impacts of the ongoing pandemic on the lives of health and care workers to understand their experiences and feelings about their careers and workplace, as well as to explore how they view the future of health care as those who serve on the front lines of care delivery.
Highlighting a major risk factor for their mental health, nearly half of the healthcare professionals revealed that they had witnessed or been victims of more physical and verbal violence since the start of the pandemic. Head nurses stood out here, with more than three-quarters (78%) agreeing that they had witnessed or experienced an increase in violence.
In identifying the most significant changes in their work since the COVID-19 outbreak, more than half of all practitioners noted a higher workload, with a third specifying that colleagues under more stress were among the most important developments.
“While health and care workers routinely experience physical and emotional stress working in high-pressure environments, caregiving throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these experiences, with alarming impact. on the mental health of caregivers globally. imperative that governments, health systems and industry leaders listen to those who have been on the front lines and learn from their experiences, in order to improve our collective response to the global mental health crisis that continues to unfold. compromising the quality of patient care in communities,” said Sultana Afdhal, CEO of WISH.
“As champions of mental health, we believe this is a critical area for global collaboration and a tremendous opportunity for innovators to review existing mechanisms, design strategies and rebuild systems that help ease the burden on health and care workers and enable them to improve care delivery,” Afdhal added.
WISH is a global platform that brings together health experts, policy makers and innovators to unite in the goal of building a healthier world. The biennial WISH Summit aims to showcase WISH’s evidence-based research and discuss how to translate these findings into practical, policy-driven solutions that help transform healthcare delivery around the world.
The sixth edition of the summit will take place on October 4-6 in Doha, Qatar and virtually, under the banner of “Healing the Future”. The summit will explore in depth the legacy of COVID-19 from a variety of perspectives, including how to build more resilient and sustainable health systems, improve our response to the mental health crisis, and harness the rapid advances in pharmaceutical innovation that have occurred during the pandemic. .
For more information about WISH, visit www.wish.org.qa.
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