Psychological well-being of housekeeping staff in Canadian hospitals, determining factors and influencing conditions in times of pandemic (COVID-19).

Google Translate: Housekeeping staff in hospitals are on the front line in the fight against COVID-19, but too little is said about it. These people expose themselves, put themselves at risk and work tirelessly to ensure the safety of all patients but also of all hospital staff. They carry a heavy responsibility and experience high psychological stress. Our team of researchers wants to measure the psychological distress of housekeeping workers during COVID-19 but also to collect information on what promotes this distress (personal, organizational, or other factors). We will therefore interview housekeeping workers in several Canadian hospitals by electronic survey, and we will meet with groups of workers to discuss with them to fully understand their concerns.In addition we will conduct interviews with key people such as managers. , or union representatives to discuss strategies to be put in place at the establishment level to prevent the occurrence of this psychological stress. Better understanding what determines the psychological distress of housekeeping workers will help educate health care facilities to better prevent this distress by modifying their processes. With simple tools to identify this distress, health establishments will also be able to periodically monitor the psychological health of their household maintenance staff and offer them the appropriate services at all times, even away from COVID-19.]