Impacts of COVID-19 on Stress in Middle School Teachers and Staff in Minnesota: An Exploratory Study Using Random Forest Analysis.
Impacts of COVID-19 on Stress in Middle School Teachers and Staff in Minnesota: An Exploratory Study Using Random Forest Analysis.
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COVID-19对明尼苏达州中学教师和员工压力的影响：使用随机森林分析的探索性研究。
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10.3390/ijerph20176698
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2023-09-01
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虽然COVID-19疫情对许多职业产生了负面影响，但教师和学校员工面临着与远程和混合教学、与学生接触较少以及普遍不确定性有关的独特挑战。这项研究旨在衡量2019冠状病毒病大流行的具体影响与明尼苏达州教育工作者压力水平之间的关联。2020年5月至7月，共有来自8所中学的296名教师和工作人员完成了在线调查。流行病影响清单（EPII）根据9个领域（即，经济，家庭生活）。Kessler-6量表测量了非特异性压力（范围：0-24），分数越高表示压力水平越高。随机森林分析确定哪些项目的EPII是预测的压力。平均Kessler-6评分为6.8，表明中度压力。三个EPII项目解释了Kessler-6评分的最大变化：心理健康问题或症状的增加，难以过渡到在家工作，以及睡眠问题或睡眠质量差的增加。这些研究结果表明，潜在的干预领域，以减少员工的压力，在未来中断的情况下，在动态时代的人的教学或其他重大转变。
While the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted many occupations, teachers and school staff have faced unique challenges related to remote and hybrid teaching, less contact with students, and general uncertainty. This study aimed to measure the associations between specific impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and stress levels in Minnesota educators. A total of 296 teachers and staff members from eight middle schools completed online surveys between May and July of 2020. The Epidemic Pandemic Impacts Inventory (EPII) measured the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic according to nine domains (i.e., Economic, Home Life). The Kessler-6 scale measured non-specific stress (range: 0–24), with higher scores indicating greater levels of stress. Random forest analysis determined which items of the EPII were predictive of stress. The average Kessler-6 score was 6.8, indicating moderate stress. Three EPII items explained the largest amount of variation in the Kessler-6 score: increase in mental health problems or symptoms, hard time making the transition to working from home, and increase in sleep problems or poor sleep quality. These findings indicate potential areas for intervention to reduce employee stress in the event of future disruptions to in-person teaching or other major transitions during dynamic times.