Source page: McKinsey & Company
Commentary
Supporting the well-being of frontline workers
Healthcare | Talent
June 22, 2022 – Frontline workers ranked greater recognition for their work and more breaks as helpful for well-being, according to a McKinsey survey of nurses in six countries. The increased availability of mental-health resources, however, was not perceived as important, with surveyed nurses across all geographies ranking it lowest among the top effective support initiatives.
To read the article, see “Around the world, nurses say meaningful work keeps them going,” May 12, 2022.
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Visual form
Heat-map matrix table.
Layout / body structure
The chart is laid out as a single ranked matrix with initiatives listed in rows and six countries arranged in columns across the top. Reader moves left to right across each row, then down the table to compare how the ranking changes from one initiative to the next.
What is being compared
The chart compares nurses’ perceptions of the effectiveness of different well-being support initiatives across Brazil, France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Singapore. Each cell shows how strongly respondents in one country rated one specific support measure.
Measurement system
The unit is the percent of respondents, printed inside the cells, with darker shading marking higher perceived effectiveness. Country sample sizes are shown in the column headers, and the row ordering acts like a visual ranking from stronger to weaker support levers.
Visible structure inside the graphic
The matrix combines labeled rows, country columns, numeric cell values, and a stepped blue heat scale. Recognition, breaks, communication, monitoring distress, support resources, personal connections, culture change, and mental-health resources each occupy their own horizontal band, which makes the cross-country pattern readable at a glance.
Main takeaway from the visual
Recognition for nurses’ contributions is the clearest winner across the entire table, while formal mental-health resources sit near the bottom almost everywhere. The chart makes the ranking visible by keeping the darkest and largest numbers at the top rows and the lighter, lower scores near the bottom rows.
Key standout values or extremes
Recognition scores 81 in Brazil, 75 in France, 61 in the United States, 60 in the United Kingdom, 48 in Japan, and 51 in Singapore. Mental-health resources are the weakest row, at 27, 10, 16, 7, 14, and 21 respectively, while more breaks also scores strongly with values of 60, 43, 56, 50, 57, and 48.
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