PhD Scientific Days 2023

Mental Health Sciences - Posters N

Posttraumatic Growth among Intensive Care Professionals during the COVID-19 Outbreak

Előadó neve

Dr. Bódi, Bernadett

Neptun code

HL1NME

Előadó munkahelye

Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Semmelweis University

Előadó telefonszáma

+36208259149

Előadó e-mail címe

bodidetti84@gmail.com

Az előadás címe

Posttraumatic Growth among Intensive Care Professionals during the COVID-19 Outbreak

Szerző(k) neve és munkahelye

Bernadett Bódi1,3, Petra Szvath1, Gábor Mátay2, Szabolcs Takács2, Csaba Hermann1, Ágnes Zana3
1: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest
2: Department of General Psychology and Methodology, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Budapest
3: Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest

Bemutatás módja

Poszter

Szekció

Mental Health Sciences - Posters N

Language of the presentation

Hungarian

Preferred session

Mental Sciences

Összefoglaló szövege

INTRODUCTION
Posttraumatic growth describes positive psychological responses after traumatic and difficult life events. Healthcare workers, especially intensive care workers, experienced particularly high physical and psychological stress during the pandemic as a result of increased workload and high numbers of deaths. Previous research in intensive care settings suggested that work-related trauma may be a catalyst for posttraumatic growth.
AIM
Our objective was to investigate the relationship between posttraumatic growth and sociodemographic factors in a Hungarian tertiary-level intensive care unit designated for COVID care.
METHOD
We applied the validated 21-item Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, and sociodemographic data were collected. The survey was performed between April and May 2021 in the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy at Semmelweis University, following the third peak of the pandemic.
RESULTS
A total of 61 individuals (73% women) completed the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (0-105; mean±SD: 50,34±21,64). The posttraumatic growth increased significantly among workers who had a different work position or competency during the pandemic (n=17) compared to workers with the same work position (p=0.010). Significantly higher scores were found among nurses compared to doctors (p=0,003). There were no significant differences between groups in sex, age, number of years working in the intensive care unit, or number of weekly work hours.
CONCLUSION
The escalation of the pandemic required reorganizations of the workforce within the intensive care units. Almost a third of our participants worked in new positions or changed competencies, and significantly higher post-traumatic growth was found among them. Our results suggest that occupational enrichment and job position could be contributing factors to posttraumatic growth. Of note, the responsibility of the permanent team was further increased as they were responsible for training new colleagues, identified as a source of distress. We find it important to investigate further the posttraumatic growth among intensive care workers. As previous studies suggest, it may be protective against the negative psychological consequences of traumatic events, and its effects may last for years.
FUNDING
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University and Doctoral School

Semmelweis University, Doctoral School of Mental Health Sciences

Supervisor

Ass. Prof. Ágnes Zana

Publication of my abstract

I give consent to the publication of my abstract on the website of the congress.

Kind

Szabad

Status

elfogadva

Accepted presentation method

poszter

Előadás fájl jóváhagyás

nem rendelkezett róla

Előadó

7472

Start

10:30

End

10:35

Authors (legacy)

Bernadett Bódi1,3, Petra Szvath1, Gábor Mátay2, Szabolcs Takács2, Csaba Hermann1, Ágnes Zana3
1: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest
2: Department of General Psychology and Methodology, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Budapest
3: Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest