The Mental Health of Frontline Chinese Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Mental Health of Frontline Chinese Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Published:2023-08 Issue:1 Volume:82 Page:19-29
ISSN:2673-8627
Container-title:European Journal of Psychology Open
language:en
Short-container-title:European Journal of Psychology Open

Author:

Fu Zongmei¹^ORCID,Yu Lili²³^ORCID,Zhou Caihong⁴,Chen Yuying²,Zheng Yi²

Affiliation:

1. School of Foreign Languages, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, PR China

2. Faculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, PR China

3. The State Key Laboratory for Quality Research in Chinese Medicines, Macau University of Science and Technology, PR China

4. Department of Applied Psychology, Zhaoqing University, Guangdong, PR China

Abstract

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic caused substantial stress to healthcare workers (HCW) worldwide. This study examined the mental health of frontline Chinese HCW through their dream experience during the COVID-19 pandemic and their subjective perception of reported dreams. Using semistructured interviews, we evaluated 45 dreams from 28 HCW from various hospital departments. Six themes emerged after a thematic analysis of these dreams: warning, escape, alienation of HCW, gender inequality, archetypal-mythological dreams, and negative emotions. The findings indicate a close relationship between the participants’ mental health state and their dreams, which contributes a new insight into understanding the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on frontline HCW. It allows us to provide them with better psychological support in a global public health crisis. In the conclusion to this article, we discuss future research directions for the dreams of frontline HCW.

Publisher

Hogrefe Publishing Group

Subject

General Psychology

Link

https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/pdf/10.1024/2673-8627/a000039

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