Covid-19 effects on the workload of Iranian healthcare workers

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Esmail Shoja · Esfarayen University of Technology

Vahideh Aghamohammadi · Islamic Azad University of Khomeynishahr

Hadi Bazyar · Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences

Hamed Rezakhani Moghaddam · Lorestan University of Medical Sciences

Khadijeh Nasiri · Lorestan University of Medical Sciences

Mohammad Torabi Dashti · Sharif University of Technology

Ali Choupani

Abstract

Type of job, the shift of work, educational level, and facing COVID-19 affected the score of NASA-TLX. NASA-TLX scores were higher in nursing compared to the scores of other health staff groups. The results of this study indicate that the scores of NASA-TLX and GHQ-12 among staff who had contact with COVID-19 patients were significantly higher than those who did not face COVID-19 patients. We suggested that a comprehensive assistance should be provided to support the well-being of healthcare workers especially nurses and healthcare workers who treated COVID-19 patients.

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Published in: BMC Public Health

Volume 20, Issue 1, pp. 1636-1636

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09743-w

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 12.11

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Covid-19 effects on the workload of Iranian healthcare workers

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