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Prevalence of Stress in Healthcare Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northeast Mexico: A Remote, Fast Survey Evaluation, Using an Adapted COVID-19 Stress Scales
The world is currently subjected to the worst health crisis documented in modern history: an epidemic led by the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). At the epicenter of this crisis, healthcare professionals continue working to safeguard our well-being. To the regular high levels of stress, CO...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7593933/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33086744 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207624 |
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author | Delgado-Gallegos, Juan Luis Montemayor-Garza, Rene de Jesús Padilla-Rivas, Gerardo R. Franco-Villareal, Héctor Islas, Jose Francisco |
author_facet | Delgado-Gallegos, Juan Luis Montemayor-Garza, Rene de Jesús Padilla-Rivas, Gerardo R. Franco-Villareal, Héctor Islas, Jose Francisco |
author_sort | Delgado-Gallegos, Juan Luis |
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description | The world is currently subjected to the worst health crisis documented in modern history: an epidemic led by the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). At the epicenter of this crisis, healthcare professionals continue working to safeguard our well-being. To the regular high levels of stress, COVID-19 adds even more so to healthcare professionals in particular, depending on their area, specialty, and type of work. Here we investigated what are the tendencies or areas most affected. Through an adaptation of the original COVID-stress scales, we developed a remote, fast test designed for healthcare professionals in the northeastern part of Mexico, an important part of the country with economic and cultural ties to the United States. Our results showed four key correlations as highly dependent: work area–xenophobia (p < 0.045), work with COVID patients–traumatic stress (p < 0.001), total number of COVID patients per day–traumatic stress (p < 0.027), and total number of COVID patients–compulsive checking and reassurance. Overall, we concluded that normal levels of stress have increased (mild–moderate). Additionally, we determine that the fear of being an asymptomatic patient (potential to spread without knowing) continues being a concern. |
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spelling | pubmed-75939332020-10-30 Prevalence of Stress in Healthcare Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northeast Mexico: A Remote, Fast Survey Evaluation, Using an Adapted COVID-19 Stress Scales Delgado-Gallegos, Juan Luis Montemayor-Garza, Rene de Jesús Padilla-Rivas, Gerardo R. Franco-Villareal, Héctor Islas, Jose Francisco Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The world is currently subjected to the worst health crisis documented in modern history: an epidemic led by the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). At the epicenter of this crisis, healthcare professionals continue working to safeguard our well-being. To the regular high levels of stress, COVID-19 adds even more so to healthcare professionals in particular, depending on their area, specialty, and type of work. Here we investigated what are the tendencies or areas most affected. Through an adaptation of the original COVID-stress scales, we developed a remote, fast test designed for healthcare professionals in the northeastern part of Mexico, an important part of the country with economic and cultural ties to the United States. Our results showed four key correlations as highly dependent: work area–xenophobia (p < 0.045), work with COVID patients–traumatic stress (p < 0.001), total number of COVID patients per day–traumatic stress (p < 0.027), and total number of COVID patients–compulsive checking and reassurance. Overall, we concluded that normal levels of stress have increased (mild–moderate). Additionally, we determine that the fear of being an asymptomatic patient (potential to spread without knowing) continues being a concern. MDPI 2020-10-19 2020-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7593933/ /pubmed/33086744 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207624 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 Delgado-Gallegos, Juan Luis Montemayor-Garza, Rene de Jesús Padilla-Rivas, Gerardo R. Franco-Villareal, Héctor Islas, Jose Francisco Prevalence of Stress in Healthcare Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northeast Mexico: A Remote, Fast Survey Evaluation, Using an Adapted COVID-19 Stress Scales |
title | Prevalence of Stress in Healthcare Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northeast Mexico: A Remote, Fast Survey Evaluation, Using an Adapted COVID-19 Stress Scales |
title_full | Prevalence of Stress in Healthcare Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northeast Mexico: A Remote, Fast Survey Evaluation, Using an Adapted COVID-19 Stress Scales |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of Stress in Healthcare Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northeast Mexico: A Remote, Fast Survey Evaluation, Using an Adapted COVID-19 Stress Scales |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of Stress in Healthcare Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northeast Mexico: A Remote, Fast Survey Evaluation, Using an Adapted COVID-19 Stress Scales |
title_short | Prevalence of Stress in Healthcare Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northeast Mexico: A Remote, Fast Survey Evaluation, Using an Adapted COVID-19 Stress Scales |
title_sort | prevalence of stress in healthcare professionals during the covid-19 pandemic in northeast mexico: a remote, fast survey evaluation, using an adapted covid-19 stress scales |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7593933/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33086744 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207624 |
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