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Online ISSN: 2754-9380

Volume4, Issue2

Association of social stigma of COVID-19 with work satisfaction, burnout and fatigue among healthcare workers in Nepal

    RAKESH SINGH Madhusudan Subedi ChandraC Bahadur Sunar Smriti Pant Babita Singh Bigya Shah Sharika Mahato

GLOBAL PSYCHIATRY ARCHIVES, 2021, Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 180-190
10.52095/gp.2021.3838.1027

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Abstract

Background: Stigma towards the patient of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been reported in various media reports, including negative behaviour among health care workers (HCWs) towards COVID-19 patients. Moreover, the negative behaviour of HCWs towards COVID-19 patients could affect the professional quality of life of these HCWs.
Objective: We aimed to assess stigma related to COVID-19 patients among HCWs and explore its impact on their professional quality of life during COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal.
Methods: An online cross-sectional study was carried out among 421 HCWs (health assistants 35.6%, nurses 33%, doctors 23.3% and paramedics 8.1%), 52.7% female, working in health facilities in Nepal. The measures included background characteristics, stigma in terms of - discrimination towards COVID-19 patients, acceptance of COVID-19 patients and fear of COVID-19, and professional quality of life in terms of - work satisfaction, burnout and fatigue. Descriptive and inferential statistics were utilised to analyze the data in SPSSvs20.
Results: While around two-third of the study participants showed discriminating attitude towards COVID-19, a half showed negative attitude towards acceptance of COVID-19 patients, and a fifth reported attitude of fear of COVID-19.
Multivariable regression analysis indicated that while presence of fear of COVID-19 was associated with low satisfaction, low burnout, and low fatigue; attitude of acceptance of COVID-19 patients was associated with low burnout and low fatigue; and attitude of discrimination towards COVID-19 patients was associated with only low satisfaction.
Conclusion: Strategies directed towards - reducing fear and discrimination towards COVID-19 patients, and enhancing positive attitude of acceptance towards COVID-19 patients among HCWs, and thus, creating enabling environment for reducing their burnout and fatigue, and increasing work satisfaction are recommended.
Keywords:
    COVID-19 healthcare workers quality of life social stigma burnout fatigue
Main Subjects:
  • Epidemiology
  • General psychiatry
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(2021). Association of social stigma of COVID-19 with work satisfaction, burnout and fatigue among healthcare workers in Nepal. GLOBAL PSYCHIATRY ARCHIVES, 4(2), 180-190. doi: 10.52095/gp.2021.3838.1027
RAKESH SINGH; Madhusudan Subedi; ChandraC Bahadur Sunar; Smriti Pant; Babita Singh; Bigya Shah; Sharika Mahato. "Association of social stigma of COVID-19 with work satisfaction, burnout and fatigue among healthcare workers in Nepal". GLOBAL PSYCHIATRY ARCHIVES, 4, 2, 2021, 180-190. doi: 10.52095/gp.2021.3838.1027
(2021). 'Association of social stigma of COVID-19 with work satisfaction, burnout and fatigue among healthcare workers in Nepal', GLOBAL PSYCHIATRY ARCHIVES, 4(2), pp. 180-190. doi: 10.52095/gp.2021.3838.1027
Association of social stigma of COVID-19 with work satisfaction, burnout and fatigue among healthcare workers in Nepal. GLOBAL PSYCHIATRY ARCHIVES, 2021; 4(2): 180-190. doi: 10.52095/gp.2021.3838.1027
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