Authors
Fredrik Rücker, Maria Hårdstedt, Sekai Chenai Mathabire Rücker, Emma Aspelin, Alexander Smirnoff, Anders Lindblom, Catharina Gustavsson
Publication date
2021/12
Journal
BMC health services research
Volume
21
Pages
1-13
Publisher
BioMed Central
Description
Background
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused overwhelming challenges to healthcare systems worldwide. Healthcare workers (HCWs) have faced particular challenges: being exposed to the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and caring for patients having a new and potentially life-threatening disease. The aim of this study was to explore how HCWs in the Swedish healthcare system perceived their work situation during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Methods
Focus group discussions and interviews with HCWs were performed from June to October 2020 in one Swedish healthcare region. A purposeful sampling approach was used to select a variety of professions (physicians, nurses, nurse aides and cleaners) and workplaces (hospital inpatient wards, emergency department, nursing home and home care …
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