ABSTRACT. Empirical evidence on moral injury, psychological ill-health, and severe stress among COVID-19 frontline respiratory and intensive care physicians and nurses has been scarcely documented in the literature. Using and replicating data from BMA, CPHA, Gallup, NHS, NurseFly, Pew Research Center, Potloc, Prescott et al. (2020), Statista, TKW Research, and The University of Melbourne, we performed analyses and made estimates regarding how heightened levels of negative emotions are recurring among frontline medical workers possibly causing COVID-19 stress-related psychiatric disorders. Descriptive statistics of compiled data from the completed surveys were calculated when appropriate.
JEL codes: H51; H75; I12; I18; D91

Keywords: COVID-19; moral injury; psychological ill-health; severe stress

How to cite: Gibson, P., and Janikova, J. (2021). “Moral Injury, Psychological Ill-Health, and Severe Stress among COVID-19 Frontline Respiratory and Intensive Care Physicians and Nurses,” Psychosociological Issues in Human Resource Management 9(2): 77–90. doi: 10.22381/pihrm9220216.

Received 26 April 2021 • Received in revised form 17 November 2021
Accepted 22 November 2021 • Available online 25 November 2021