Psychological Stress of COVID-19 Frontline Healthcare Workers: Rational Safety Behaviors, Evidence-based Self-Help Interventions, and Remote Mental Health Support
Linda TaylorABSTRACT. This article presents an empirical study carried out to evaluate and analyze psychological stress of COVID-19 frontline healthcare workers. Building my argument by drawing on data collected from BMA, GWI, Nursing Times, and Strada Education Network, I performed analyses and made estimates regarding healthcare workers who say they have experienced an increase in the psychological stress since the beginning of the outbreak. Data collected from 780 respondents are tested against the research model by using structural equation modeling.
JEL codes: H51; H75; I12; I18; D91
Keywords: psychological stress; COVID-19 frontline healthcare worker; mental health
How to cite: Taylor, L. (2020). “Psychological Stress of COVID-19 Frontline Healthcare Workers: Rational Safety Behaviors, Evidence-based Self-Help Interventions, and Remote Mental Health Support,” Psychosociological Issues in Human Resource Management 8(1): 61–66. doi:10.22381/PIHRM81202010
Received 24 April 2020 • Received in revised form 19 May 2020
Accepted 20 May 2020 • Available online 20 May 2020