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Developing and testing a measure of COVID-19 organizational support of healthcare workers – results from Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia

  • Stephen X. Zhang
  • , Shuhua Sun
  • , Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi
  • , Aldo Alvarez-Risco
  • , Verónica García Ibarra
  • , Jizhen Li
  • , Ross Mary Patty-Tito

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Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers are facing high workloads with resource constraints and risk of virus exposure, and healthcare organizations need to support their healthcare workers to reduce their anxiety. Based on a recent 8-point framework of COVID-19 specific organization support, we devised a measure of COVID-19 Organizational Support (COVID-OS). We tested the new measure with 712 healthcare workers in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru and found the new measure formed three factors to predict healthcare workers’ anxiety and life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic. We call for further studies to test COVID-OS in other countries and settings.

Original languageEnglish
Article number113174
JournalPsychiatry Research
Volume291
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2020

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Anxiety
  • Life satisfaction
  • Pandemic

COAR

  • Article

OECD Category

  • Negocios, Administración

Ulima Repository Subject

  • Asfixia
  • Asphyxia
  • COVID-19
  • Health personnel
  • Personal de salud
  • Satisfacción
  • Satisfaction

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