As US hospitals make the necessary shuffle to accommodate the current wave, I would like to remind leadership about the study done on the psychological status of frontline hospital workers during NYC's spring Covid surge (thread).

As expected, many participants reported stress, anxiety, and depression. But the study also looked into *what* exactly made participants feel distressed.

This graph is showing % of participants who found these factors "highly distressing." Note in the work environment section (blue) the number of things that rank higher than patient deaths.

These include:
- Perceptions of a lack of control and/or uncertainty
- Performing clinical work that is outside of your specialty
- The need/expectation for healthcare providers to provide social support to patients in lieu of their families (due to visitation restrictions)

- Difficult triage decisions or rationing of care (potential or actual) due to resource scarcity
- And also fears related to getting/transmitting Covid within the work environment - in particular, the uncertain Covid status of other healthcare providers