Moral distress among maternity and neonatal healthcare workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Sweden: Results from the COPE staff longitudinal cohort study by Patricia Ernst, Karolina Linden, Marta Roczniewska, Emina Hadzibajramovic, Anna Wessberg, Ola Andersson, Ylva Carlsson, Sofie Graner, Maria Jonsson, Malin Veje, Verena Sengpiel, Magnus Akerstrom

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Lives saved, lives lost, and under-reported COVID-19 deaths: Excess and non-excess mortality in relation to cause-specific mortality during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden by Eleonora Mussino, Sven Drefahl, Matthew Wallace, Sunnee Billingsley, Siddartha Aradhya, Gunnar Andersson

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How Did People with Impairments Perceive Public Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic and What Are Their Suggestions for Accessible Crisis Information? by Karl Gummesson, Karin Forsell, Stefan Johansson, Catharina Gustavsson

“…The aim of this study was to explore how people with impairments perceived the accessibility of information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden and what improvements they suggest to ensure accessibility of information in future societal crises. …”
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When home becomes the office: navigating challenges and embracing possibilities in telework in Sweden during and after the COVID-19 pandemic by Paraskevi Peristera, Christine Bergljottsdotter, Constanze Leineweber

“…This qualitative study explored employees’ experiences of telework during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden, where a more liberal approach to restrictions and telework was taken, focusing on changes in perceptions of work, work–nonwork interplay, relationships, wellbeing, health, and work–life balance.MethodsSemi-structured interviews, which were transcribed verbatim using Amberscript, were conducted with 16 participants from the SLOSH-Corona survey, who teleworked during the COVID-19 pandemic and continued to telework to varying extent after the removal of restrictions.ResultsReflexive thematic analysis, based on Braun and Clarkes six step, identified five main themes: (1) having what it takes: the hoffice; (2) all work and no play: efficacy and loneliness; (3) faces of flexibility: freedom and balancing boundaries; (4) leadership challenges: bridging the gap between employee- and organizational needs; (5) survive or thrive? …”
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