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Personnel Well-Being in the Helsinki University Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Prospective Cohort Study

In March 2020, strict measures took place in Finland to limit the COVID-19 pandemic. Majority of Finnish COVID-19 patients have been located in southern Finland and consequently cared for at the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) Helsinki University Hospital. During the pandemic, HUS pe...

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Autores principales: Haravuori, Henna, Junttila, Kristiina, Haapa, Toni, Tuisku, Katinka, Kujala, Anne, Rosenström, Tom, Suvisaari, Jaana, Pukkala, Eero, Laukkala, Tanja, Jylhä, Pekka
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7662585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33126583
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217905
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author Haravuori, Henna
Junttila, Kristiina
Haapa, Toni
Tuisku, Katinka
Kujala, Anne
Rosenström, Tom
Suvisaari, Jaana
Pukkala, Eero
Laukkala, Tanja
Jylhä, Pekka
author_facet Haravuori, Henna
Junttila, Kristiina
Haapa, Toni
Tuisku, Katinka
Kujala, Anne
Rosenström, Tom
Suvisaari, Jaana
Pukkala, Eero
Laukkala, Tanja
Jylhä, Pekka
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description In March 2020, strict measures took place in Finland to limit the COVID-19 pandemic. Majority of Finnish COVID-19 patients have been located in southern Finland and consequently cared for at the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) Helsinki University Hospital. During the pandemic, HUS personnel’s psychological symptoms are followed via an electronic survey, which also delivers information on psychosocial support services. In June 2020, the baseline survey was sent to 25,494 HUS employees, 4804 (19%) of whom answered; altogether, 62.4% of the respondents were nursing staff and 8.9% were medical doctors. While the follow-up continues for a year and a half, this report shares the sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents and the first results of psychological symptoms from our baseline survey. Out of those who were directly involved in the pandemic patient care, 43.4% reported potentially traumatic COVID-19 pandemic-related events (PTEs) vs. 21.8% among the others (p < 0.001). While over a half of the personnel were asymptomatic, a group of respondents reported PTEs and concurrent depression, insomnia, and anxiety symptoms. This highlights the need to ensure appropriate psychosocial support services to all traumatized personnel; especially, nursing staff may require attention.
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spelling pubmed-76625852020-11-14 Personnel Well-Being in the Helsinki University Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Prospective Cohort Study Haravuori, Henna Junttila, Kristiina Haapa, Toni Tuisku, Katinka Kujala, Anne Rosenström, Tom Suvisaari, Jaana Pukkala, Eero Laukkala, Tanja Jylhä, Pekka Int J Environ Res Public Health Article In March 2020, strict measures took place in Finland to limit the COVID-19 pandemic. Majority of Finnish COVID-19 patients have been located in southern Finland and consequently cared for at the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) Helsinki University Hospital. During the pandemic, HUS personnel’s psychological symptoms are followed via an electronic survey, which also delivers information on psychosocial support services. In June 2020, the baseline survey was sent to 25,494 HUS employees, 4804 (19%) of whom answered; altogether, 62.4% of the respondents were nursing staff and 8.9% were medical doctors. While the follow-up continues for a year and a half, this report shares the sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents and the first results of psychological symptoms from our baseline survey. Out of those who were directly involved in the pandemic patient care, 43.4% reported potentially traumatic COVID-19 pandemic-related events (PTEs) vs. 21.8% among the others (p < 0.001). While over a half of the personnel were asymptomatic, a group of respondents reported PTEs and concurrent depression, insomnia, and anxiety symptoms. This highlights the need to ensure appropriate psychosocial support services to all traumatized personnel; especially, nursing staff may require attention. MDPI 2020-10-28 2020-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7662585/ /pubmed/33126583 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217905 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/).
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Haravuori, Henna
Junttila, Kristiina
Haapa, Toni
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Kujala, Anne
Rosenström, Tom
Suvisaari, Jaana
Pukkala, Eero
Laukkala, Tanja
Jylhä, Pekka
Personnel Well-Being in the Helsinki University Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Prospective Cohort Study
title Personnel Well-Being in the Helsinki University Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Prospective Cohort Study
title_full Personnel Well-Being in the Helsinki University Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Prospective Cohort Study
title_fullStr Personnel Well-Being in the Helsinki University Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Prospective Cohort Study
title_full_unstemmed Personnel Well-Being in the Helsinki University Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Prospective Cohort Study
title_short Personnel Well-Being in the Helsinki University Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Prospective Cohort Study
title_sort personnel well-being in the helsinki university hospital during the covid-19 pandemic—a prospective cohort study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7662585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33126583
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217905
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