Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Healthcare Workers. Chatzittofis, A., Karanikola, M., Michailidou, K., & Constantinidou, A. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4):1435, February, 2021. doi abstract bibtex The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a great impact on healthcare workers (HCWs) that includes negative mental health outcomes, such as post-traumatic stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms. In this cross-sectional study, we report on mental health outcomes among HCWs in Cyprus. Data were collected between 3 May and 27 May 2020, with the use of an online questionnaire that included demographics (sex, age, occupation, education, work sector, years of work experience), the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) which assesses depressive symptoms, the Impact of Events Scale Revised (IES-R), which measures post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and the-10 item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) which quantifies stress responses. Participants (42% physicians, 24% nurses, 18% physiotherapists, 16% classified as "other") were 58% of female gender and aged 21-76. A total of 79 (18.6%) and 62 HCWs (14.6%) reported clinically significant depressive (PHQ-9 ≥ 10) and post-traumatic stress (IES-R \textgreater 33) symptoms respectively. Nurses were more likely than physicians to suffer from depression (adjusted prevalence ratio 1.7 (1.06-2.73); p = 0.035) and PTSD (adjusted prevalence ratio 2.51 (1.49-4.23); p = 0.001). Even in a country with a rather low spread of the COVID-19, such as Cyprus, HCWs reported a substantial mental health burden, with nurses reporting increased depressive and PTSD symptoms compared to other HCWs.
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title = {Impact of the {COVID}-19 {Pandemic} on the {Mental} {Health} of {Healthcare} {Workers}},
volume = {18},
issn = {1660-4601},
doi = {10.3390/ijerph18041435},
abstract = {The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a great impact on healthcare workers (HCWs) that includes negative mental health outcomes, such as post-traumatic stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms. In this cross-sectional study, we report on mental health outcomes among HCWs in Cyprus. Data were collected between 3 May and 27 May 2020, with the use of an online questionnaire that included demographics (sex, age, occupation, education, work sector, years of work experience), the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) which assesses depressive symptoms, the Impact of Events Scale Revised (IES-R), which measures post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and the-10 item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) which quantifies stress responses. Participants (42\% physicians, 24\% nurses, 18\% physiotherapists, 16\% classified as "other") were 58\% of female gender and aged 21-76. A total of 79 (18.6\%) and 62 HCWs (14.6\%) reported clinically significant depressive (PHQ-9 ≥ 10) and post-traumatic stress (IES-R {\textgreater} 33) symptoms respectively. Nurses were more likely than physicians to suffer from depression (adjusted prevalence ratio 1.7 (1.06-2.73); p = 0.035) and PTSD (adjusted prevalence ratio 2.51 (1.49-4.23); p = 0.001). Even in a country with a rather low spread of the COVID-19, such as Cyprus, HCWs reported a substantial mental health burden, with nurses reporting increased depressive and PTSD symptoms compared to other HCWs.},
language = {eng},
number = {4},
journal = {International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health},
author = {Chatzittofis, Andreas and Karanikola, Maria and Michailidou, Kyriaki and Constantinidou, Anastasia},
month = feb,
year = {2021},
pmid = {33546513},
pmcid = {PMC7913751},
keywords = {Adult, Aged, COVID-19, Cross-Sectional Studies, Cyprus, Depression, Female, Health Personnel, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Pandemics, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Surveys and Questionnaires, Young Adult, depression, healthcare workers, post-traumatic stress},
pages = {1435},
}
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