Experiences of stigma, discrimination and violence and their impact on the mental health of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023752%3A_____%2F24%3A43921362" target="_blank" >RIV/00023752:_____/24:43921362 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11120/24:43926995 RIV/00216208:11130/24:10480031 RIV/00216208:11310/24:10480031 RIV/00064203:_____/24:10480031

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-59700-5" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-59700-5</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-59700-5" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41598-024-59700-5</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Experiences of stigma, discrimination and violence and their impact on the mental health of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Original language description

Health care workers have been exposed to COVID-19 more than people in other professions, which may have led to stigmatization, discrimination, and violence toward them, possibly impacting their mental health. We investigated (1) factors associated with stigma, discrimination, and violence, (2) the association of stigma, discrimination, and violence with mental health, (3) everyday experiences of stigmatization, discrimination, and violence. We chose a combination of a quantitative approach and qualitative content analysis to analyze data collected at three time points: in 2020, 2021 and 2022. A higher age was associated with lower odds of experiencing stigma, discrimination, and violence, whereas female gender was related to more negative experiences. The intensity of exposure to COVID-19 was associated with greater experience with stigmatization, discrimination, and violence across all three years (for example in 2022: odds ratio, 95% confidence interval: 1.74, 1.18–2.55 for mild exposure; 2.82, 1.95–4.09 for moderate exposure; and 5.74, 3.55–9.26 for severe exposure, when compared to no exposure). Stigma, discrimination, and violence were most strongly associated with psychological distress in 2020 (odds ratio = 2.97, 95% confidence interval 2.27–3.88) and with depressive symptoms in 2021 (odds ratio = 2.78, 95% confidence interval 2.12–3.64). Attention should be given to the destigmatization of contagious diseases and the prevention of discrimination, violence, and mental health problems, both within workplaces and among the public.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

<a href="/en/project/NU22J-09-00064" target="_blank" >NU22J-09-00064: Caring for those who care for us: Individual predictors and intervention strategies for mental health of healthcare workers</a><br>

Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Scientific Reports

ISSN

2045-2322

e-ISSN

2045-2322

Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

„Article Number: 10534“

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

1-11

UT code for WoS article

001216508100065

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85192375440