Unraveling the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental health among nurses and physicians in Canada
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2025
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McDonald, Hope
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On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The pandemic profoundly affected the global population, disrupted society, and had long-lasting effects on Canada’s healthcare system and providers.
This project aims to explore and analyze potential factors that impacted the mental health of Canadian nurses and physicians during the Covid-19 pandemic. This project used a sequential mixed-methods design that included a rapid review and semi-structured interviews.
The project found that staffing shortages, increased and intensified workload, and a lack of social and administrative support were factors that impacted the mental health of four nurses and four physicians in Canada.
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Covid-19, pandemic, nurses, physicians, Canada, mental health, healthcare, health care