Hardship, coping, and joy: ACPs' experiences of working through the COVID-19 pandemic.

IF 2.1 4区 医学 Q2 NURSING
Emily Heavey, Melanie Rogers, Vanessa Taylor, Lihua Wu, Angela Windle
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Abstract

Purpose: This paper reports Advanced Clinical Practitioners' (ACPs) experiences of working in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically the factors that impacted their mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing.

Methods: The study presents qualitative data collected via two surveys in 2020 and 2021. Several survey questions elicited free-text responses, including a specific request for narratives. Narrative responses were thematically analysed and cross-referenced with non-narrative qualitative responses.

Results: Three factors contributed to poor wellbeing: a changing work environment and expectations; bearing witness to the impact of Covid on patients; and the risk of catching and spreading Covid. Three factors improved wellbeing, whether through mitigating these challenges or directly, in the absence of specific hardship. These factors were new working practices; support structures; and individual resilience and self-managed coping strategies.

Conclusion: This study expands research on professionals' experiences of working through Covid to the under-researched experience of ACPs and demonstrates the intersecting and overlapping nature of factors contributing to poor and positive wellbeing. There are significant implications for stakeholders who need to consider the impact of future pandemics and opportunities for supporting and promoting wellbeing post-pandemic. The analysis also highlights the rich narrative data that can be collected using surveys.

艰难、应对和欢乐:acp在COVID-19大流行期间的工作经历。
目的:本文报告了高级临床医生(acp)在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间在英国工作的经历,特别是影响他们精神、情绪和身体健康的因素。方法:本研究通过2020年和2021年的两次调查收集定性数据。几个调查问题引出了自由文本的回答,包括对叙述的具体要求。对叙事性回答进行主题分析,并与非叙事性质的回答相互参照。研究结果:幸福感差的原因有三个:不断变化的工作环境和期望;见证疫情对患者的影响;感染和传播新冠病毒的风险。有三个因素改善了幸福感,无论是通过减轻这些挑战,还是在没有特定困难的情况下直接改善。这些因素是新的工作做法;支持结构;个人恢复力和自我管理的应对策略。结论:本研究将对专业人员在Covid期间工作经验的研究扩展到对acp的研究不足的经验,并展示了导致贫困和积极幸福感的因素的交叉和重叠性质。这对利益攸关方有重大影响,他们需要考虑未来大流行的影响以及大流行后支持和促进福祉的机会。分析还强调了可以通过调查收集的丰富的叙事数据。
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CiteScore
3.20
自引率
5.60%
发文量
99
审稿时长
14 weeks
期刊介绍: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being acknowledges the international and interdisciplinary nature of health-related issues. It intends to provide a meeting-point for studies using rigorous qualitative methodology of significance for issues related to human health and well-being. The aim of the International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being is to support and to shape the emerging field of qualitative studies and to encourage a better understanding of all aspects of human health and well-being.
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