Psychological safety management, its effectiveness during the health emergency by COVID-19

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psychological safety, management, COVID-19, mental health

Abstract

Introduction: The search for solutions to the mental fitness problem of health personnel reported during the COVID-19 pandemic points to the management of their psychological safety as a novel alternative. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effectiveness of psychological safety management carried out through a professional action protocol, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: It was carried out a study with a pre-experimental design from March 2020 to August 2021, in four phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, defined for the purposes of the research as outbreak, new normality, resurgence and Delta wave. It was implemented the protocol for the management of psychological safety. 1416 subjects and 236 work teams from high-risk areas in a hospital institution participated. They were applied McNemar statistical tests and binary logistic regression.

Results: It was obtained an incidence of mental health disorders of 14.2%. Statistical tests showed that the percentage differences in the variables dependent on management were due to the implemented protocol. They were identified the independent variables that best explained the state of reasonable psychological safety during work and the safe behavior of the work team. Conclusions: it was obtained evidence of the effectiveness of the protocol implemented in the hospital institution during the health emergency by COVID-19 that justifies its use in similar situations that arise in the future.

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Alexis Lorenzo Ruiz, Universidad de La Habana, Facultad de Psicología. La Habana.

Dr. C. Psicológicas. Facultad de Psicología

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Published

2023-10-31

How to Cite

Gutiérrez Alvarez, A. K., Pupo Guisado, B., Lorenzo Ruiz, A., Mayo Parra, I., & Cruz Almaguer, A. Y. (2023). Psychological safety management, its effectiveness during the health emergency by COVID-19. Anales De La Academia De Ciencias De Cuba, 13(4), e1471. Retrieved from https://revistaccuba.sld.cu/index.php/revacc/article/view/1471

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Vol. 13 No. 4: October-December 2023

Section

Social and Humanistic Sciences

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