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COVID-19 pandemic distress among a sample of Italian psycho-oncologists: risk of isolation and loneliness

PURPOSE: To measure the prevalence and characteristics of distress and hope for the future among psycho-oncologists, who faced the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency along with other healthcare workers. METHODS: A web-based study was conducted among members of the Italian Society of Psych...

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Autores principales: Costantini, Anna, Mazzotti, Eva, Serpentini, Samantha, Piattelli, Angela, Scarponi, Dorella, De Benedetta, Gabriella, Bellani, Marco
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7890420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33588706
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300891621992129
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author Costantini, Anna
Mazzotti, Eva
Serpentini, Samantha
Piattelli, Angela
Scarponi, Dorella
De Benedetta, Gabriella
Bellani, Marco
author_facet Costantini, Anna
Mazzotti, Eva
Serpentini, Samantha
Piattelli, Angela
Scarponi, Dorella
De Benedetta, Gabriella
Bellani, Marco
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description PURPOSE: To measure the prevalence and characteristics of distress and hope for the future among psycho-oncologists, who faced the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency along with other healthcare workers. METHODS: A web-based study was conducted among members of the Italian Society of Psycho-Oncology between May 29 and June 5, 2020. RESULTS: A total of 237 members, aged 28–72 years, completed the COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPDI), Impact of Event Scale–Revised (IES-R), and HOPE questionnaires; 86.92% were female, 58.65% worked in hospitals, 21.10% were exposed to COVID-19, 11.39% experienced peritraumatic distress, and 3.38% had posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. Peritraumatic distress was associated with living alone (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 3.05; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.41–8.13), using sleep remedies (AOR 3.79; 95% CI 1.41–10.21), and the perception of being avoided by family or friends because of work (AOR 2.69; 95% CI 1.02–7.11); high HOPE-Agency scores were associated with the absence of peritraumatic stress (AOR 0.40; 95% CI 0.16–0.96) after adjustment for age and sex. CONCLUSIONS: Psycho-oncologists showed greater resilience than other healthcare workers as they are trained to help others, but also to review their own values and behavior in light of stressful events. Of interest is the association between peritraumatic distress and social isolation, real or perceived. Healthcare institutions should pay attention to the mental well-being of their employees by promoting distress screening using simple tools such as the CPDI and implementing support interventions. Psycho-oncology associations should introduce policies aimed at developing a sense of social connectedness by providing an interactive system of orientation and scientific reference.
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spelling pubmed-78904202021-02-18 COVID-19 pandemic distress among a sample of Italian psycho-oncologists: risk of isolation and loneliness Costantini, Anna Mazzotti, Eva Serpentini, Samantha Piattelli, Angela Scarponi, Dorella De Benedetta, Gabriella Bellani, Marco Tumori Original Research Articles PURPOSE: To measure the prevalence and characteristics of distress and hope for the future among psycho-oncologists, who faced the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency along with other healthcare workers. METHODS: A web-based study was conducted among members of the Italian Society of Psycho-Oncology between May 29 and June 5, 2020. RESULTS: A total of 237 members, aged 28–72 years, completed the COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPDI), Impact of Event Scale–Revised (IES-R), and HOPE questionnaires; 86.92% were female, 58.65% worked in hospitals, 21.10% were exposed to COVID-19, 11.39% experienced peritraumatic distress, and 3.38% had posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. Peritraumatic distress was associated with living alone (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 3.05; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.41–8.13), using sleep remedies (AOR 3.79; 95% CI 1.41–10.21), and the perception of being avoided by family or friends because of work (AOR 2.69; 95% CI 1.02–7.11); high HOPE-Agency scores were associated with the absence of peritraumatic stress (AOR 0.40; 95% CI 0.16–0.96) after adjustment for age and sex. CONCLUSIONS: Psycho-oncologists showed greater resilience than other healthcare workers as they are trained to help others, but also to review their own values and behavior in light of stressful events. Of interest is the association between peritraumatic distress and social isolation, real or perceived. Healthcare institutions should pay attention to the mental well-being of their employees by promoting distress screening using simple tools such as the CPDI and implementing support interventions. Psycho-oncology associations should introduce policies aimed at developing a sense of social connectedness by providing an interactive system of orientation and scientific reference. SAGE Publications 2021-02-15 2022-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7890420/ /pubmed/33588706 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300891621992129 Text en © Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori 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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Scarponi, Dorella
De Benedetta, Gabriella
Bellani, Marco
COVID-19 pandemic distress among a sample of Italian psycho-oncologists: risk of isolation and loneliness
title COVID-19 pandemic distress among a sample of Italian psycho-oncologists: risk of isolation and loneliness
title_full COVID-19 pandemic distress among a sample of Italian psycho-oncologists: risk of isolation and loneliness
title_fullStr COVID-19 pandemic distress among a sample of Italian psycho-oncologists: risk of isolation and loneliness
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 pandemic distress among a sample of Italian psycho-oncologists: risk of isolation and loneliness
title_short COVID-19 pandemic distress among a sample of Italian psycho-oncologists: risk of isolation and loneliness
title_sort covid-19 pandemic distress among a sample of italian psycho-oncologists: risk of isolation and loneliness
topic Original Research Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7890420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33588706
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300891621992129
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