CoronaPflege – Psychosocial Burden of Nursing Staff in Geriatric Care Facilities of Brandenburg during the Corona Crisis
Project Overview
Nurses and nursing assistants, especially those involved in geriatric care, are exposed to diverse physical, psychological and emotional burdens. Since the beginning of the Corona crisis, such strains have probably worsened. Particularly in the state of Brandenburg, Germany, where the need for nursing staff continues to rise due to the demographic development, it is crucial to identify such factors in order to improve employment conditions. Therefore, we aim to clarify which factors contribute most to the psychosocial burden on nursing staff of geriatric care facilities in Brandenburg during the corona crisis. Nurses and nursing assistants working in geriatric inpatient long-term care facilities in one of four regions of the state of Brandenburg, Germany, are surveyed. CoronaPflege is a project with quantitative and qualitative components. The quantitative part is an anonymous survey that includes socio-demographic information and questions about the care facility, questions about current psychosocial burden at work, the effects of the Corona crisis on various aspects of professional and private life, and stress. In addition, we will conduct interviews in order to get a deeper insight into the effects of the corona crisis on the daily work and life of and nurses and nursing assistants.Study Design
mixed methods designProject Keywords
Covid-19, psychosocial burden, nursing, Germany, geriatric care, nursing homePrincipal Investigator
Name: Christine
Holmberg
Department or Unit: Institute of Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Organization: Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Brandenburg,Germany
Co-Project Investigators
- Name: MichaelRappDepartment or Unit: Social and Preventive MedicineOrganization: University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
- Name: JacobSpallekDepartment or Unit: Department of Public HealthOrganization: Brandenburg University of Technology, Senftenberg, Germany
- Name: SusanneSchulzeDepartment or Unit: Research Area Services Research and e-HealthOrganization: Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, Germany
CONVERGE is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, Program on Humans, Disasters, and the Built Environment (Award #1841338). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.