Τίτλος:
Hospital workforce mental reaction to the pandemic in a low COVID-19 burden setting: a cross-sectional clinical study
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
ΤheCOVID-19 pandemic has mental health implications for both healthcare workforces and general population, particularly in regions heavily hit by the crisis. Τhe study aimed (i) to investigate anxiety- and depression severity differences between staff of a COVID-19 treatment unit (N = 84) and a hospital without such a unit (N = 55) in comparison to participants of a convenience general population online survey (N = 240) and (ii) to explore relations between such symptoms and hospital staff reaction to COVID-19 in a low COVID-19 burden setting. Anxiety was studied with the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item in hospital workforces and with the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) in online survey participants. Depression symptoms were assessed with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 in hospital employees and the HADS in the online survey sample. Symptoms were classified as absent/minimal, borderline abnormal or indicating clinical caseness. Staff reaction to COVID-19 was tapped with a 9-item-questionnaire and the 22-item Impact of Event Scale-revised (IES-R). Proper tests for differences and stepwise ordered logistic regression models were employed. Anxiety- and depression severity was higher in hospital workforces than in online survey participants (P < 0.05). Anxiety was more severe in frontline- compared to backstage employees (P < 0.001) was inversely correlated with age (P = 0.011) and positively with avoidance (P = 0.028). Both anxiety and depression symptoms related to intrusion symptoms (P < 0.001). Regarding the relatively long data collection period, an inverse association between crisis duration and depression symptoms was detected (P = 0.025). These observations point to the urgent need for distress-mitigating interventions for hospital workforces even in low COVID-19 burden settings. © 2021, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
Συγγραφείς:
Alexopoulos, P.
Roukas, D.
Efkarpidis, A.
Konstantopoulou, G.
Soldatos, R.
Karaivazoglou, K.
Kontogianni, E.
Assimakopoulos, K.
Iliou, T.
Εconomou, P.
Gourzis, P.
Politis, A.
Περιοδικό:
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Εκδότης:
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
anxiety; cross-sectional study; depression; hospital personnel; human; pandemic; psychology; questionnaire; therapy, Anxiety; COVID-19; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression; Humans; Pandemics; Personnel, Hospital; Surveys and Questionnaires
DOI:
10.1007/s00406-021-01262-y
