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Psychological Adjustment of Healthcare Workers in Italy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences in Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Burnout, Secondary Trauma, and Compassion Satisfaction between Frontline and Non-Frontline Professionals

Emergency situations have been associated with negative psychological adjustment outcomes in healthcare professionals, although studies on the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic amongst Italian health workers are limited. The main aim of this study was to investigate the psyc...

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Autores principales: Trumello, Carmen, Bramanti, Sonia Monique, Ballarotto, Giulia, Candelori, Carla, Cerniglia, Luca, Cimino, Silvia, Crudele, Monia, Lombardi, Lucia, Pignataro, Silvia, Viceconti, Maria Luisa, Babore, Alessandra
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7696387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33198084
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228358
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author Trumello, Carmen
Bramanti, Sonia Monique
Ballarotto, Giulia
Candelori, Carla
Cerniglia, Luca
Cimino, Silvia
Crudele, Monia
Lombardi, Lucia
Pignataro, Silvia
Viceconti, Maria Luisa
Babore, Alessandra
author_facet Trumello, Carmen
Bramanti, Sonia Monique
Ballarotto, Giulia
Candelori, Carla
Cerniglia, Luca
Cimino, Silvia
Crudele, Monia
Lombardi, Lucia
Pignataro, Silvia
Viceconti, Maria Luisa
Babore, Alessandra
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description Emergency situations have been associated with negative psychological adjustment outcomes in healthcare professionals, although studies on the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic amongst Italian health workers are limited. The main aim of this study was to investigate the psychological adjustment of healthcare professionals during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, evaluating differences according to working or not with patients affected by COVID-19 and in areas with a more severe spread of this pandemic. Healthcare professionals’ attitudes toward psychological support were analyzed. The levels of anxiety, depression, psychological stress, and professional quality of life (compassion satisfaction, burnout, and compassion fatigue) and attitudes toward psychological support were measured among 627 Italian healthcare workers (mean age = 40.55 years; SD = 11.49; range: 27–72). Significantly higher levels of stress, burnout, secondary trauma, anxiety, and depression were observed among professionals working with COVID-19 patients. Higher levels of stress and burnout and lower levels of compassion satisfaction were detected in professionals working in areas with higher rates of contagion. No interaction effects were found between working (or not) with patients affected by COVID-19 and working (or not) in areas with a more severe diffusion of this pandemic. Finally, in the group of professionals who worked with COVID-19 patients, the percentage of professionals who thought to ask for psychological support was twice that of the group that did not work with COVID-19 patients. The overall findings indicate that the mental health of frontline healthcare workers requires further consideration and that targeted prevention and intervention programs are necessary.
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spelling pubmed-76963872020-11-29 Psychological Adjustment of Healthcare Workers in Italy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences in Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Burnout, Secondary Trauma, and Compassion Satisfaction between Frontline and Non-Frontline Professionals Trumello, Carmen Bramanti, Sonia Monique Ballarotto, Giulia Candelori, Carla Cerniglia, Luca Cimino, Silvia Crudele, Monia Lombardi, Lucia Pignataro, Silvia Viceconti, Maria Luisa Babore, Alessandra Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Emergency situations have been associated with negative psychological adjustment outcomes in healthcare professionals, although studies on the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic amongst Italian health workers are limited. The main aim of this study was to investigate the psychological adjustment of healthcare professionals during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, evaluating differences according to working or not with patients affected by COVID-19 and in areas with a more severe spread of this pandemic. Healthcare professionals’ attitudes toward psychological support were analyzed. The levels of anxiety, depression, psychological stress, and professional quality of life (compassion satisfaction, burnout, and compassion fatigue) and attitudes toward psychological support were measured among 627 Italian healthcare workers (mean age = 40.55 years; SD = 11.49; range: 27–72). Significantly higher levels of stress, burnout, secondary trauma, anxiety, and depression were observed among professionals working with COVID-19 patients. Higher levels of stress and burnout and lower levels of compassion satisfaction were detected in professionals working in areas with higher rates of contagion. No interaction effects were found between working (or not) with patients affected by COVID-19 and working (or not) in areas with a more severe diffusion of this pandemic. Finally, in the group of professionals who worked with COVID-19 patients, the percentage of professionals who thought to ask for psychological support was twice that of the group that did not work with COVID-19 patients. The overall findings indicate that the mental health of frontline healthcare workers requires further consideration and that targeted prevention and intervention programs are necessary. MDPI 2020-11-12 2020-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7696387/ /pubmed/33198084 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228358 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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Bramanti, Sonia Monique
Ballarotto, Giulia
Candelori, Carla
Cerniglia, Luca
Cimino, Silvia
Crudele, Monia
Lombardi, Lucia
Pignataro, Silvia
Viceconti, Maria Luisa
Babore, Alessandra
Psychological Adjustment of Healthcare Workers in Italy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences in Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Burnout, Secondary Trauma, and Compassion Satisfaction between Frontline and Non-Frontline Professionals
title Psychological Adjustment of Healthcare Workers in Italy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences in Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Burnout, Secondary Trauma, and Compassion Satisfaction between Frontline and Non-Frontline Professionals
title_full Psychological Adjustment of Healthcare Workers in Italy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences in Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Burnout, Secondary Trauma, and Compassion Satisfaction between Frontline and Non-Frontline Professionals
title_fullStr Psychological Adjustment of Healthcare Workers in Italy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences in Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Burnout, Secondary Trauma, and Compassion Satisfaction between Frontline and Non-Frontline Professionals
title_full_unstemmed Psychological Adjustment of Healthcare Workers in Italy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences in Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Burnout, Secondary Trauma, and Compassion Satisfaction between Frontline and Non-Frontline Professionals
title_short Psychological Adjustment of Healthcare Workers in Italy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences in Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Burnout, Secondary Trauma, and Compassion Satisfaction between Frontline and Non-Frontline Professionals
title_sort psychological adjustment of healthcare workers in italy during the covid-19 pandemic: differences in stress, anxiety, depression, burnout, secondary trauma, and compassion satisfaction between frontline and non-frontline professionals
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7696387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33198084
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228358
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