Teachers Feeling the Burden of COVID-19: Impact on Well-Being, Stress, and Burnout

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• Personal Author:
  Barratt CL ; Davis, Kermit G. ; Kotowski SE
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: Teachers have had to deal with many of the negative aspects of COVID-19 over the past year. The demands associated with the sudden requirement to teach remotely, and later having to manage hybrid (both in person and online) learning may be having adverse effects on the mental and physical health of teachers. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether COVID-19 continued to impact teacher stress, burnout, and well-being a year into the pandemic. METHODS: An online survey was sent out to 5300 teachers in public and private schools, and 703 completed the survey. RESULTS: Stress and burnout continue to be high for teachers, with 72% of teachers feeling very or extremely stressed, and 57% feel very or extremely burned out. Many teachers struggled to have a satisfactory work-family balance (37% never or almost never; 20% only has sometimes). CONCLUSION: School systems must start to deal with the mental and physical health of teachers before a large number of them leave the profession. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Education Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Telework COVID-19 Health Effects Job Stress Mental Health Online Teaching Pandemic Primary School Teaching Work-family Balance
• ISSN:
  1051-9815
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  407-415
• Volume:
  71
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067955
• Citation:
  Work 2022 Feb; 71(2):407-415
• Contact Point Address:
  Susan Kotowski, Department of Rehabilitation, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, College of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
• Email:
  Susan.kotowski@uc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Work
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d42b894b4cd4090f7224896a16b4e17f7db9c51a3a23924a106a0fdfee7d43a50a172d0a7d3fda5aef83a86b39f60f2fa28329ac45de221c84f2894d02e5a55b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230187/cdc_230187_DS1.pdf
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