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New COVID-19 Study Highlights Suicide Risk to Healthcare Workers

מאמר באנגלית לתרגול קריאה. כולל 5 מילים חדשות עם תרגום לעברית, 3 שאלות הבנת הנקרא, 5 שאלות לשיחה. מתאים לרמה בינונית.

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A new study says 1 in 10 Australian health care workers has had thoughts of suicide or self-harm during the pandemic.

The authors of the Australian Frontline Health Workers survey believe it is the world’s largest study of suicidal thoughts among health care workers. It canvassed the opinions of 8,000 staff, in a range of positions and professions, including support staff, cleaners, doctors, and nurses.

The survey finds that 10% of respondents have had thoughts of self-harm or suicide during the pandemic, but fewer than half had sought help from a mental health professional.

Even before the emergence of COVID-19, Australian health workers had higher rates of suicide than those in other occupations.

The study’s authors said that emotional exhaustion and burnout were common among many respondents. What is unclear is the impact stress, which could cause more medical errors, has had on the quality of patient care.

Georgina Lonergan, a nuclear medicine technologist in Victoria State, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. that her job was extremely stressful.

“There is an undercurrent of anxiety, I think, for everyone working in health care,” she said. “I have definitely had an undercurrent of anxiety increasing over the last couple of years. Some days you just really do not want to come. There has been a couple of days where I have been close to tears on the way in just from anxiety and just being tired of it all.”

The survey was published Wednesday in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry.

Much of Australia continues to battle a wave of omicron variant infections. Government data has shown that more than 3,500 people are in the hospital with the virus.

Since the pandemic began, Australia has detected 2.4 million coronavirus cases; 4,366 people have died, according to the Health Department.

מילים חדשות מהטקסט

  • Pandemic /pænˈdem.ɪk/ adjective מגפה

    (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants

    In some parts of the world malaria is still pandemic.

  • Canvass /ˈkæn.vəs/ verb קנבס

    to try to get political support or votes, especially by visiting all the houses in an area.

    I've been out to canvass for the Labour Party this week.

  • Exhaustion /ɪɡˈzɑː.tʃən/ noun תְשִׁישׁוּת

    the state of being extremely tired

    She felt ill from exhaustion.

  • Burnout /ˈbɜrnˌɑʊt/ noun שְׁחִיקָה

    the state of having no energy or enthusiasm because of working too hard, or someone who shows the effects of this state:

    We have found there is much more burnout and sickness among those who don't get help.

  • Undercurrent /ˈʌn.dɚˌkɝː.ənt/ noun זֶרֶם תַחתִי

    an emotion, belief, or characteristic of a situation that is hidden and usually negative or dangerous but that has some effect

    Beneath the smooth surface of political life, there are powerful and dangerous undercurrents.

שאלות לשיחה

אין כאן תשובה נכונה — אלה שאלות לתרגול דיבור, לבד או מול מורה.

  1. Why do you think most the medical workers compared with the other professions are under stressed this pandemic?
  2. What is your occupation? What’s the impact of Covid-19 pandemic to your job?
  3. Who do you think are less likely to commit suicide during pandemic?
  4. Is suicide common subject in the medical field of your country?
  5. Can we prevent a person who plan to kill themselves?

בדקו את עצמכם

3 שאלות. בחרו תשובה וקבלו בדיקה מיד.

  1. What is the article mainly about?

  2. What is the common reason of suicide among health workers?

  3. Undercurrent infers that

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