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The Individual- and Organization-Related Stressors in Pandemic Scale for Healthcare Workers (IOSPS-HW): Development and Psychometric Properties of a New Instrument to Assess Individual and Organizational Stress Factors in Periods of Pandemics

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 8 authors, 2 centres

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The study developed and validated a new scale (IOSPS-HW) to measure individual and organizational stressors in healthcare workers during a pandemic. The scale demonstrated good psychometric properties, including structural validity and predictive validity for mental health outcomes, but its generalizability is limited to the Italian healthcare context during specific waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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This research developed a new instrument, the Individual- and Organization-Related Stressors in Pandemic Scale for Healthcare Workers (IOSPS-HW), to assess stress factors specific to healthcare professionals during infectious disease outbreaks. The development involved two studies. Key results showed that the IOSPS-HW could discriminate stress levels, with healthcare workers in COVID-19 units reporting significantly higher stress. The scale's strength is its ability to separate individual from organizational stressors, which can inform targeted interventions. Major limitations include the cross-sectional design, restriction to the Italian healthcare system, and lack of discrimination between different professional categories or critical services.

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PMC10002142

The Individual- and Organization-Related Stressors in Pandemic Scale for Healthcare Workers (IOSPS-HW): Development and Psychometric Properties of a New Instrument to Assess Individual and Organizational Stress Factors in Periods of Pandemics

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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Abstract The validation and psychometric properties of the Individual and Organization related Stressors in Pandemic Scale for Healthcare Workers (IOSPS-HW) were presented. This is a new measure to assess individual factors related to the health and well-being of individuals, such as family and personal relationships, as well as organizational factors related to the management of the pandemic, including workplace relationships, job management and communication. Across two studies conducted at different time points of the pandemic, psychometric evidence of the IOSPS-HW is presented. In Study 1, through a cross-sectional design, we conducted exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis through which the originally developed 43 items scale was reduced to a 20-item bidimensional scale with two correlated dimensions: Organization-related Stressors (O-S; 12 items) and Individual- and Health-related Stressors (IH-S; 8 items). Internal consistency and criterion validity were also provided by investigating the relationship with post-traumatic stress. In Study 2, we provided evidence for the temporal invariance of the measure and for temporal stability through a Multigroup-CFA through a longitudinal design. We also supported the criterion and predictive validity. The results suggest that IOSPS-HW is a good instrument to simultaneously investigating individual and organizational factors related to sanitary emergencies in healthcare workers. Keywords: IOSPS-HW, stress, health workers, pandemics, invariance, validity

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Caterina Primi, Monica Giuli, Emanuele Baroni et al.. The Individual- and Organization-Related Stressors in Pandemic Scale for Healthcare Workers (IOSPS-HW): Development and Psychometric Properties of a New Instrument to Assess Individual and Organizational Stress Factors in Periods of Pandemics. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054082

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8 · 2 CENTRES

Caterina Primi, Monica Giuli, Emanuele Baroni, Vanessa Zurkirch, Matteo Galanti, Laura Belloni, Costanza Gori, Maria Anna Donati

1NEUROFARBA (Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health) Department, University of Florence, 50139 Firenze, Italy
2Clinical Operating Unit of the Organizations, Careggi University Hospital, Regional Reference Center on Relational Criticalities (RCRC), 50141 Florence, Italy