Soim Park, Johannes Thrul, Erin E Cooney, Kaitlyn Atkins, Luther G Kalb, Svea Closser, Kathryn M McDonald, Sarah Schneider-Firestone, Pamela J Surkan, Cynda H Rushton, Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Tener G Veenema
One factor potentially driving healthcare and hospital worker (HHW)'s declining mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic is feeling betrayed by institutional leaders, coworkers, and/or others' pandemic-related responses and behaviors. We investigated whether HHWs' betrayal-based moral injury was associated with greater mental distress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms related to COVID-19. We also examined if these associations varied between clinical and non-clinical staff. From July 2020 to January 2021, cross-sectional online survey data were collected from 1,066 HHWs serving COVID-19 patients in a large urban US healthcare system...
December 4, 2023: Journal of Trauma & Dissociation