J 2024

Compassionate care during the COVID-19 pandemic

SU, Jing Jing, Jonathan BAYUO, Rose S Y LIN, Arkers Kwan Ching WONG, Hammoda ABU-ODAH et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Compassionate care during the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors

SU, Jing Jing, Jonathan BAYUO, Rose S Y LIN, Arkers Kwan Ching WONG, Hammoda ABU-ODAH, Qijun HE and Ladislav BAŤALÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

BMC NURSING, LONDON, BMC, 2024, 1472-6955

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30307 Nursing

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.200 in 2022

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

UT WoS

001185202500001

Keywords in English

Compassion; Compassionate care; Healthcare professionals; COVID-19; Pandemic; Qualitative

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 10/6/2024 12:49, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová

Abstract

V originále

BackgroundThere was a substantial documented call for healthcare professionals to provide compassionate care during the COVID-19 pandemic and significant criticism voiced when it was lacking. This study aimed to explore perspectives on compassionate care among healthcare professionals providing care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study focuses on healthcare professionals who participated in a wide range of COVID-19 measures, including testing, quarantine, diagnosis, and care provision (patients with COVID-19 or patients with other illnesses and comorbid with COVID-19).MethodsA qualitative design with an interpretative phenomenological analysis approach was used. Twenty frontline healthcare professionals (15 nurses and five physicians) who had worked in COVID-19 facilities in China were interviewed individually.ResultsParticipants stated that a commitment to 'offering oneself' and 'balancing the advantages/disadvantages' in providing care during the pandemic were key to alleviate population-level suffering. On a personal level, they described a desire for obtaining 'mutual support' and improving 'professional competencies' to safeguard their physical and mental well-being. Two professional competencies were notable: coping with grief and implementing infection control across the organization. Additionally, they emphasized the importance of receiving support from the health care organization, the public, and leaders in creating an 'environment conducive to fostering compassionate care.'ConclusionHealthcare professionals recognized the centrality of compassionate care during the pandemic which entailed a commitment to offering themselves, the balancing of advantages and disadvantages in order to find the best solution, as well as the need to safeguard themselves using professional competencies. Such findings can enrich the contemporary understanding of compassion, including when it is lacking. Support from the healthcare organization, the public, and leadership were crucial in fostering compassionate care in healthcare professionals during the pandemic and in moving the field forward in the future.