A survey of grief counseling of clinicians from coronavirus disease 2019 designated hospitals

Abstract

Objective To investigate the current status of grief counseling of clinicians from five coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) designated hospitals in Wuhan and to provide reference for hospital management Methods A total of 223 clinicians from designated hospitals were investigated with a basic information questionnaire and attitudes and skills of grief counseling scales Results A total of 208 valid questionnaires were collected, with an effective rate of 93 3% The score of grief counseling skills of clinicians from COVID-19 designated hospitals was 19 35±4 75, which was in the middle and lower level Responsibilities and roles, and frequency of contacting bereaved family members had significant effects on the grief counseling skills (P＜0 01) While the score of grief counseling attitudes of clinicians was 33 21±9 23, which was in the middle level Whether they had received relevant training, the communication ability, and other grief counseling skills had significant impacts on their grief counseling attitudes (P＜0 01) Conclusion The skills and attitudes of grief counseling of clinicians from COVID-19 designated hospitals in Wuhan still need to be improved The hospital should set up a grief counseling committee, establish a complete grief guidance system and build a long-term training mechanism