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On the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and post-pandemic stress on the burnout of medical workers
- Authors: Bezymyannyy A.S.1,2, Mingazov R.N.3,2, Mingazova E.N.4,2
- Affiliations:
- Directorate for the Coordination of the Activities of Medical Organizations of the Moscow Department of Health, Moscow, Russia
- Kazan State Medical University, Kazan, Russia
- Research Institute for Healthcare and Medical Management of Moscow Healthcare Department, Moscow, Russia
- N. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health, Moscow, Russian Federation
- Issue: No 4 (2024)
- Pages: 427-433
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://remedium-journal.ru/journal/article/view/1726
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.32687/1561-5936-2024-28-4-427-433
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Abstract
Special attention from the scientific community and health care organizers is required to timely respond to the problem of professional burnout and post-pandemic stress of medical workers by developing and implementing a comprehensive program for the prevention and control of professional burnout, taking into account various aspects of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, which improves the availability and quality of medical care, and as a result — to alleviate the course of post-pandemic stress syndrome, improve the quality of life of medical workers and the level of patient satisfaction with medical care.
About the authors
Alexey S. Bezymyannyy
Directorate for the Coordination of the Activities of Medical Organizations of the Moscow Department of Health, Moscow, Russia; Kazan State Medical University, Kazan, Russia
Email: dkd@zdrav.mos.ru
Rustem N. Mingazov
Research Institute for Healthcare and Medical Management of Moscow Healthcare Department, Moscow, Russia; Kazan State Medical University, Kazan, Russia
Email: mrn85@mail.ru
Elmira N. Mingazova
N. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health, Moscow, Russian Federation; Kazan State Medical University, Kazan, Russia
Email: elmira_mingazova@mail.ru
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