Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare (Jul 2022)
Problems Facing Healthcare Providers When Caring for COVID-19 Patients: An Integrative Review
Abstract
Henny Suzana Mediani,1 Fanny Adistie,1 Sri Hendrawati,1 Yanny Trisyani2 1Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia; 2Department of Critical Care Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, West Java, IndonesiaCorrespondence: Henny Suzana Mediani, Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, West Java, 45363, Indonesia, Tel/Fax +62 22-7795596, Email [email protected]: The COVID-19 outbreak is a world health problem that affects millions of people. The pandemic is also causing burdens and challenges to health-care providers. Therefore, this study aimed to examine and help understand health-care providers’ problems when caring for COVID-19 patients. An integrative review following Whittemore and Kanfl’s approach was used along with a systematic search for emerging online databases and grey literature conducted from January to August 2021. The quality of papers was analyzed and a report was presented following PRISMA guidelines. A total of 18 articles that were predominantly descriptive with five themes, including mental health problems in the early stage of COVID-19 outbreak, working stress, physical and psychological impacts of disease, and the lack of support were analyzed. The results showed the pandemic’s significant psychological impact on health-care providers directly caring for COVID-19 patients. Emotional, facilities and family support are needed to maintain the health-care providers’ well-being.Keywords: COVID-19, caring, healthcare providers, problems
