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Mental health survey among front-line medical workers after 2 years of supporting COVID-19 efforts in Hubei Province

During the outbreak of COVID-19 in China, many health care workers have been involved in the front-line fight against the epidemic and have experienced major psychological challenges. This study was aimed at assessing the mental health of front-line health workers after 2 years of COVID-19 efforts....

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Autores principales: Meng, Xianfeng, Wang, Yan, Jiang, Yuna, Li, Ting, Duan, Ying
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10581499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37847704
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287154
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author Meng, Xianfeng
Wang, Yan
Jiang, Yuna
Li, Ting
Duan, Ying
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Wang, Yan
Jiang, Yuna
Li, Ting
Duan, Ying
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description During the outbreak of COVID-19 in China, many health care workers have been involved in the front-line fight against the epidemic and have experienced major psychological challenges. This study was aimed at assessing the mental health of front-line health workers after 2 years of COVID-19 efforts. We recruited front-line health workers from Liaoning province who supported Hubei, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak. The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7), and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) were used to assess psychological status. A total of 1101 of 1354 contacted individuals completed the survey (participation rate of 81.31%): 963 (87.5%) were 20–45 years of age, 919 (83.47%) were women, 845 (76.7%) were nurses, and 245 (22.3%) were physicians. After 2 years, the mental health symptoms among survey respondents were as follows: 46.6% had depression, 35.5% had anxiety, and 38.1% had insomnia. Thus, 2 years after the COVID-19 pandemic, the front-line health workers who had assisted Hubei province during the COVID‑19 pandemic in China still had high levels of depression, anxiety, and insomnia. Our findings suggest that the pandemic has had significant long-term effects on the mental health of front-line health workers. Therefore, mental health policies should offer long-term rather than short-term services.
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spelling pubmed-105814992023-10-18 Mental health survey among front-line medical workers after 2 years of supporting COVID-19 efforts in Hubei Province Meng, Xianfeng Wang, Yan Jiang, Yuna Li, Ting Duan, Ying PLoS One Research Article During the outbreak of COVID-19 in China, many health care workers have been involved in the front-line fight against the epidemic and have experienced major psychological challenges. This study was aimed at assessing the mental health of front-line health workers after 2 years of COVID-19 efforts. We recruited front-line health workers from Liaoning province who supported Hubei, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak. The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7), and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) were used to assess psychological status. A total of 1101 of 1354 contacted individuals completed the survey (participation rate of 81.31%): 963 (87.5%) were 20–45 years of age, 919 (83.47%) were women, 845 (76.7%) were nurses, and 245 (22.3%) were physicians. After 2 years, the mental health symptoms among survey respondents were as follows: 46.6% had depression, 35.5% had anxiety, and 38.1% had insomnia. Thus, 2 years after the COVID-19 pandemic, the front-line health workers who had assisted Hubei province during the COVID‑19 pandemic in China still had high levels of depression, anxiety, and insomnia. Our findings suggest that the pandemic has had significant long-term effects on the mental health of front-line health workers. Therefore, mental health policies should offer long-term rather than short-term services. Public Library of Science 2023-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10581499/ /pubmed/37847704 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287154 Text en © 2023 Meng et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Li, Ting
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Mental health survey among front-line medical workers after 2 years of supporting COVID-19 efforts in Hubei Province
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title_fullStr Mental health survey among front-line medical workers after 2 years of supporting COVID-19 efforts in Hubei Province
title_full_unstemmed Mental health survey among front-line medical workers after 2 years of supporting COVID-19 efforts in Hubei Province
title_short Mental health survey among front-line medical workers after 2 years of supporting COVID-19 efforts in Hubei Province
title_sort mental health survey among front-line medical workers after 2 years of supporting covid-19 efforts in hubei province
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10581499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37847704
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287154
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