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Physicians' Moral Stress During COVID-19: A Qualitative Analysis of Systems Factors

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $226,041

  • Principal Investigator

    Mara Buchbinder

  • Research Location

    United States of America

  • Lead Research Institution

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Indirect health impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Adults (18 and older)

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Physicians

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified stress among healthcare workers, leading to crises of moral integrity. This project investigates moral stress among physicians providing frontline care for COVID-19 patients in New York City and Seattle. Using interviews with 40 physicians in each city, the team will: (1) describe physicians' experiences of moral stress during the pandemic; (2) assemble a conceptual framework mapping sources of moral stress in crisis and non-crisis conditions; and (3) develop and disseminate evidence-based recommendations to mitigate moral stress during the pandemic and beyond.