Journal article
Availability, use, and impact of workplace mental health supports during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Canadian cohort of healthcare workers
Archives of environmental & occupational health, pp 1-10
28 May 2024
PMID: 38804906
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Abstract
We investigated the availability and use of workplace mental health (MH) supports during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Canadian cohort of healthcare workers (HCW) and measured anxiety and depression by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) completed at four contacts 2020-2022. Reports were available for 4400 HCW working with patients. Half the HCWs had a clinically significant HADS score at one or more contacts Access to MH supports increased during the pandemic, with 94% reporting access to some workplace support by 2022: 47% had made use of at least one support. 25% of those with high HADS scores used no support. Older women and men with depressive conditions were less likely to report use. Reported use of an Employee Assistance Program was associated with a reduction in HADS scores in the following months.
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- Title
- Availability, use, and impact of workplace mental health supports during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Canadian cohort of healthcare workers
- Creators
- Shannon Ruzycki - University of CalgaryAnil Adisesh - University of TorontoIgor Burstyn - Drexel UniversityQuentin Durand-Moreau - University of AlbertaFrance Labreche - Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travailTanis Zadunayski - University of AlbertaNicola Cherry - University of Alberta
- Publication Details
- Archives of environmental & occupational health, pp 1-10
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001233745900001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85194533302
- Other Identifier
- 991021881387104721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Environmental Sciences
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health