Psychological distress experienced by physicians and nurses at a tertiary care center in Lebanon during the COVID-19 outbreak

The COVID-19 outbreak has had a significant mental health toll on healthcare workers in Lebanon. We examined pandemic-related psychological distress among healthcare workers in a tertiary care medical center. One hundred and fifty participants completed an online questionnaire. About half showed a h...

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Autores principales: Bizri, Maya, Kassir, Ghida, Tamim, Hani, Kobeissy, Firas, Hayek, Samer El
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7879044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33567926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105321991630
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description The COVID-19 outbreak has had a significant mental health toll on healthcare workers in Lebanon. We examined pandemic-related psychological distress among healthcare workers in a tertiary care medical center. One hundred and fifty participants completed an online questionnaire. About half showed a high risk of acute distress (58.7%) on the GHQ-28, while most (89.3%) scored low/moderate stress on the PSS-10. The IES-R revealed concern for post-traumatic stress in one-third of participants, significantly in nurses (p = 0.008) and those living with vulnerable individuals (p = 0.030). Mental health history did not increase the risk. Our findings highlight the need for early targeted interventions during the pandemic.
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spelling pubmed-78790442022-04-26 Psychological distress experienced by physicians and nurses at a tertiary care center in Lebanon during the COVID-19 outbreak Bizri, Maya Kassir, Ghida Tamim, Hani Kobeissy, Firas Hayek, Samer El J Health Psychol Articles The COVID-19 outbreak has had a significant mental health toll on healthcare workers in Lebanon. We examined pandemic-related psychological distress among healthcare workers in a tertiary care medical center. One hundred and fifty participants completed an online questionnaire. About half showed a high risk of acute distress (58.7%) on the GHQ-28, while most (89.3%) scored low/moderate stress on the PSS-10. The IES-R revealed concern for post-traumatic stress in one-third of participants, significantly in nurses (p = 0.008) and those living with vulnerable individuals (p = 0.030). Mental health history did not increase the risk. Our findings highlight the need for early targeted interventions during the pandemic. SAGE Publications 2021-02-10 2022-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7879044/ /pubmed/33567926 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105321991630 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7879044/
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