What will it take to end health care worker burnout?
Health care workers “were really asked to do superhuman work during the pandemic. There was a price to pay for those demands,” said L. Casey Chosewood.
Long hours and high-pressure situations have long characterized the health care profession — but in the wake of the pandemic, many workers are facing new challenges with regards to their mental health.
Health care workers are facing a mental health crisis, struggling with burnout, anxiety, and depression, according to a Centers of Disease Control and Prevention report published Tuesday. Researchers compared survey data from 2018 and 2022, finding that health workers experienced poorer mental health outcomes post-pandemic. Of those surveyed, 46% of health workers reported feeling burnout often or very often in 2022, compared to 32% in 2018.
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