Frequency, Stressfulness and Type of Ethically Challenging Situations Encountered by Veterinary Team Members During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

COVID-19 biosecurity moral stress pandemic surveys veterinary ethics

Journal

Frontiers in veterinary science
ISSN: 2297-1769
Titre abrégé: Front Vet Sci
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101666658

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2021
Historique:
received: 29 12 2020
accepted: 11 03 2021
entrez: 29 4 2021
pubmed: 30 4 2021
medline: 30 4 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Ethically challenging situations (ECS) are common in veterinary settings and can lead to moral stress. However, there is no published information about how a global pandemic affects the frequency and types of ECS encountered by veterinary team members. An online mixed methods survey was developed to determine the frequency, stressfulness and types of ECS experienced by veterinarians, animal health technicians and veterinary nurses since the advent of the global COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Responses from 540 veterinary team members from 22 countries were analyzed. With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, the median frequency of ECS encountered by respondents increased from several times per month to several times per week (Spearman Rank Correlation 0.619,

Identifiants

pubmed: 33912607
doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.647108
pmc: PMC8071942
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

647108

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 Quain, Mullan, McGreevy and Ward.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Anne Quain (A)

Faculty of Science, Sydney School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.

Siobhan Mullan (S)

Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol, Langford, United Kingdom.
University of College Dublin School of Veterinary Medicine, Dublin, Ireland.

Paul D McGreevy (PD)

Faculty of Science, Sydney School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.

Michael P Ward (MP)

Faculty of Science, Sydney School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.

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