Sharma, Maya and Cousins, Rosanna (2023) Understanding moral injury in frontline healthcare professionals two years after the onset of COVID-19. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.. ISSN 0022-3018
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Abstract
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic healthcare professionals have worked in morally challenging situations. The aim of this research was to investigate the predictors of moral injury in UK frontline healthcare professionals working in a variety of roles two years after the onset of the pandemic. A cross-sectional survey was conducted January 25-February 28, 2022. A total of 235 participants answered sociodemographic, employment, health, COVID-19-related questions, and the 10-item Moral Injury Symptom Scale - Healthcare Professional version. Nearly three-quarters had experienced moral injury. Twelve significant predictors of moral injury were entered into a backward elimination binominal logistic regression. The final model included five independent predictors that explained 25.4% variance in moral injury (χ² (5, N=235) =45.7, p<0.001). Odds of moral injury were significantly raised in young healthcare professionals (<31years), smokers, and those reporting low workplace confidence, not feeling appreciated, and feeling burned out. The findings support interventions to relieve moral injury in frontline healthcare professionals.
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| Additional Information and Comments: | This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, May 2023, available at: https://journals.lww.com/jonmd/Abstract/9900/Understanding_Moral_Injury_in_Frontline_Health.102.aspx |
| Keywords: | Moral distress; coronavirus; healthcare worker; logistic regression; mental health. |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Human and Digital Sciences > School of Psychology |
| Depositing User: | Rosanna Cousins |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jun 2023 09:11 |
| Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 00:15 |
| URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/3968 |
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