TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of Moral Injury, Burnout, Anxiety, and Depression in Healthcare Workers 2 Years in to the COVID-19 Pandemic
AU - Lennon, Robert P.
AU - Parascando, Jessica
AU - Talbot, Simon G.
AU - Zhou, Shouhao
AU - Wasserman, Emily
AU - Mantri, Sneha
AU - Day, Philip G.
AU - Liu, Ryan
AU - Lagerman, Makayla
AU - Appiah, Annette
AU - Rabago, David
AU - Dean, Wendy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/12/1
Y1 - 2023/12/1
N2 - COVID-19 has led to marked increases in healthcare worker distress. Studies of these phenomena are often limited to a particular element of distress or a specific subset of healthcare workers. We administered the Moral Injury Symptom Scale for Healthcare Professionals, Copenhagen Burnout Inventory, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 via online survey to 17,000 employees of a large academic medical center between December 2021 and February 2022. A total of 1945 participants completed the survey. Across all roles, the prevalence of moral injury, burnout, depression, and anxiety were 40.9%, 35.3%-60.6%, 25.4%, and 24.8%, respectively. Furthermore, 8.1% had been bothered by thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves for "several days"or more frequently. Healthcare workers across all roles and practice settings are experiencing unsustainable levels of distress, with 1 in 12 regularly experiencing thoughts of self-harm.
AB - COVID-19 has led to marked increases in healthcare worker distress. Studies of these phenomena are often limited to a particular element of distress or a specific subset of healthcare workers. We administered the Moral Injury Symptom Scale for Healthcare Professionals, Copenhagen Burnout Inventory, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 via online survey to 17,000 employees of a large academic medical center between December 2021 and February 2022. A total of 1945 participants completed the survey. Across all roles, the prevalence of moral injury, burnout, depression, and anxiety were 40.9%, 35.3%-60.6%, 25.4%, and 24.8%, respectively. Furthermore, 8.1% had been bothered by thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves for "several days"or more frequently. Healthcare workers across all roles and practice settings are experiencing unsustainable levels of distress, with 1 in 12 regularly experiencing thoughts of self-harm.
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U2 - 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001705
DO - 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001705
M3 - Article
C2 - 38015191
AN - SCOPUS:85178499501
SN - 0022-3018
VL - 211
SP - 981
EP - 984
JO - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
JF - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
IS - 12
ER -
