Peer support was valuable for health worker stress during COVID-19-- study

Peer support valuable intervention for health worker stress during COVID-19, study shows With healthcare worker (HCW) burnout one of the most pressing issues facing US clinicians, a new study in JAMA Network Open indicates that Stress First Aid, a peer-to-peer support intervention, improved the well-being of HCWs compared with usual care during the COVID-19 pandemic. CIDRAP

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The study is one of the only randomized clinical trials published on provider burnout interventions, and an editorial on the study in the same journal suggests the findings “highlight that workplace interventions in health care have the potential to make meaningful reductions in burnout and potentially lead to more robust and resilient health care institutions.”

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