Striving Through Adversities of Professional Life to Provide Better Care: A Content Analysis of News Articles and Online Blogs on Deteriorating Mental Health of Medicos

IF 1.9 Q3 PSYCHIATRY

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine Pub Date : 2024-09-14 DOI:10.1177/02537176241273918

Swati Saxena, Bhanupriya Rathore

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Background:One of the noblest professions is medicine, which comprises ancillary services, medical students, and other paramedics. The challenges faced by the medical fraternity are infinite and uncertain.Aim:This study aims to thoroughly understand the professional challenges faced by medical professionals that can lead to mental health issues.Methods:A content analysis of 64 news articles and online blogs was done. The articles and blogs that addressed mental health issues among medical professionals were shortlisted. The data retrieved was accessed digitally between 2016 and 2024. Frequency analysis was done using QDA Miner Lite (free version).Results:The findings were summarized into six themes and 17 sub-themes, showing a high frequency of rising mental health issues among medicos, lack of organizational support, poor work-life balance, violence, and sacrificed health, with other less frequent codes like toxic seniority, hostile work culture, negative consequences of reporting mental health problems and hiding vulnerability to protect self-efficacy.Conclusion:The data retrieved from various news articles and blogs presents the personal experiences and real-life struggles of medical professionals. The outcome of this study is to understand the key issues affecting medicos at personal, professional, social, emotional, and spiritual levels.

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克服职业生活的逆境，提供更好的医疗服务：关于医务人员心理健康恶化的新闻报道和在线博客的内容分析

背景：医学是最崇高的职业之一，它包括辅助服务、医科学生和其他辅助医务人员。研究目的：本研究旨在深入了解医务人员面临的可能导致心理健康问题的职业挑战。研究方法：研究人员对 64 篇新闻报道和在线博客进行了内容分析。方法：我们对 64 篇新闻报道和在线博客进行了内容分析，筛选出涉及医务人员心理健康问题的文章和博客。检索到的数据是在 2016 年至 2024 年期间通过数字方式获取的。结果：研究结果归纳为 6 个主题和 17 个子主题，显示出医务人员心理健康问题上升、缺乏组织支持、工作与生活平衡不佳、暴力和牺牲健康的频率较高，其他频率较低的代码包括有毒的资历、敌对的工作文化、报告心理健康问题的负面影响以及隐藏脆弱性以保护自我效能。本研究的成果是了解影响医务人员个人、职业、社会、情感和精神层面的关键问题。

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Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine PSYCHOLOGY-

CiteScore

4.80

自引率

7.10%

发文量

116

审稿时长

12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine (ISSN 0253-7176) was started in 1978 as the official publication of the Indian Psychiatric Society South Zonal Branch. The journal allows free access (Open Access) and is published Bimonthly. The Journal includes but is not limited to review articles, original research, opinions, and letters. The Editor and publisher accept no legal responsibility for any opinions, omissions or errors by the authors, nor do they approve of any product advertised within the journal.