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Assessment of Mental Health Factors among Health Professionals Depending on Their Contact with COVID-19 Patients
It seems that the medical personnel in contact with patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 are at an especially high risk of adverse psychological effects. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the mental health factors among healthcare workers by quantifying the severity of anxiety, depression,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7459704/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32806699 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165849 |
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author | Wańkowicz, Paweł Szylińska, Aleksandra Rotter, Iwona |
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description | It seems that the medical personnel in contact with patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 are at an especially high risk of adverse psychological effects. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the mental health factors among healthcare workers by quantifying the severity of anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders during the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, while taking into account coexisting diseases. The study involved 441 healthcare professionals including 206 healthcare workers at emergency wards, infectious wards, and intensive care units. The control group consisted of 235 healthcare workers working in wards other than those where individuals from the study group worked. Regression adjusted by age, gender, the occurrence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, asthma, autoimmune diseases, and cigarette smoking showed the elevated risk of anxiety on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale (OR = 1.934; p < 0.001), depression on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) scale (OR = 2.623; p < 0.001), and sleep disorders on the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) scale (OR = 3.078; p < 0.001). Our study showed that healthcare workers who are exposed to SARS-CoV-2-infected patients at emergency wards, infectious wards, and intensive care units are at a much higher risk of showing symptoms of anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders than healthcare workers working in other wards. |
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spelling | pubmed-74597042020-09-02 Assessment of Mental Health Factors among Health Professionals Depending on Their Contact with COVID-19 Patients Wańkowicz, Paweł Szylińska, Aleksandra Rotter, Iwona Int J Environ Res Public Health Article It seems that the medical personnel in contact with patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 are at an especially high risk of adverse psychological effects. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the mental health factors among healthcare workers by quantifying the severity of anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders during the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, while taking into account coexisting diseases. The study involved 441 healthcare professionals including 206 healthcare workers at emergency wards, infectious wards, and intensive care units. The control group consisted of 235 healthcare workers working in wards other than those where individuals from the study group worked. Regression adjusted by age, gender, the occurrence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, asthma, autoimmune diseases, and cigarette smoking showed the elevated risk of anxiety on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale (OR = 1.934; p < 0.001), depression on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) scale (OR = 2.623; p < 0.001), and sleep disorders on the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) scale (OR = 3.078; p < 0.001). Our study showed that healthcare workers who are exposed to SARS-CoV-2-infected patients at emergency wards, infectious wards, and intensive care units are at a much higher risk of showing symptoms of anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders than healthcare workers working in other wards. MDPI 2020-08-12 2020-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7459704/ /pubmed/32806699 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165849 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Wańkowicz, Paweł Szylińska, Aleksandra Rotter, Iwona Assessment of Mental Health Factors among Health Professionals Depending on Their Contact with COVID-19 Patients |
title | Assessment of Mental Health Factors among Health Professionals Depending on Their Contact with COVID-19 Patients |
title_full | Assessment of Mental Health Factors among Health Professionals Depending on Their Contact with COVID-19 Patients |
title_fullStr | Assessment of Mental Health Factors among Health Professionals Depending on Their Contact with COVID-19 Patients |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of Mental Health Factors among Health Professionals Depending on Their Contact with COVID-19 Patients |
title_short | Assessment of Mental Health Factors among Health Professionals Depending on Their Contact with COVID-19 Patients |
title_sort | assessment of mental health factors among health professionals depending on their contact with covid-19 patients |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7459704/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32806699 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165849 |
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