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Observational study on the potential psychological factors that affected italian nurses involved in the COVID-19 health emergency
BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE WORK. The present study aimed to identify the potential psychological malaise factors affecting the Italian nurses on the front lines of Covid-19 patient care since evidence suggested that they are at high risk of developing psychological disorders. METHODS. An online quest...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8138806/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33855977 http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92iS2.11305 |
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author | Vitale, Elsa Galatola, Vito Mea, Rocco |
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description | BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE WORK. The present study aimed to identify the potential psychological malaise factors affecting the Italian nurses on the front lines of Covid-19 patient care since evidence suggested that they are at high risk of developing psychological disorders. METHODS. An online questionnaire was administered to 291 Italian nurses, containing information on: sex, years of work experience, region of Italy where nurses worked and the intensive care unit assignment. Then, the anxiety disorders, the impact of the event, the depression and the insomnia conditions and their principal psychological factors influencing nurses during the health emergency. were assessed. RESULTS. Nurses worked in Northern Italy registered higher anxiety scores than others (p=0.023); the assignment to the intensive care unit (p=0.042) not influenced these scores. The total impact of event (IES-R) values evidenced that women recorded higher “Avoidance” (p=0.032) and “Hyperarousal” (p=0.003) values than men. The nurses who worked in Northern Italy recorded higher scores of “Hyperarousal” (p=0.010) and IES-R total (p=0.044). More women than men showed insomnia conditions (p=0.038) and nurses with a number of years of work experience not exceeding 10 years recorded greater levels of depression than the others (p=0.031). The psychological factors affected nurses included: the “Pleasure/Interest” dimension which correlated with the “Uncontrollable Thinking” (p=0.007), the “Unsatisfactory sleep/wake rhythm” (p=0.004), and the “Unmanageable pain and weakness” (p=0.001). CONCLUSIONS. Urgent need to intervene with psychological support programs for health professionals, such as nurses who are facing the health emergency from Covid-19 on the front line. (www.actabiomedica) |
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spelling | pubmed-81388062021-05-26 Observational study on the potential psychological factors that affected italian nurses involved in the COVID-19 health emergency Vitale, Elsa Galatola, Vito Mea, Rocco Acta Biomed Original Article: Covid-19 and Health Professionals BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE WORK. The present study aimed to identify the potential psychological malaise factors affecting the Italian nurses on the front lines of Covid-19 patient care since evidence suggested that they are at high risk of developing psychological disorders. METHODS. An online questionnaire was administered to 291 Italian nurses, containing information on: sex, years of work experience, region of Italy where nurses worked and the intensive care unit assignment. Then, the anxiety disorders, the impact of the event, the depression and the insomnia conditions and their principal psychological factors influencing nurses during the health emergency. were assessed. RESULTS. Nurses worked in Northern Italy registered higher anxiety scores than others (p=0.023); the assignment to the intensive care unit (p=0.042) not influenced these scores. The total impact of event (IES-R) values evidenced that women recorded higher “Avoidance” (p=0.032) and “Hyperarousal” (p=0.003) values than men. The nurses who worked in Northern Italy recorded higher scores of “Hyperarousal” (p=0.010) and IES-R total (p=0.044). More women than men showed insomnia conditions (p=0.038) and nurses with a number of years of work experience not exceeding 10 years recorded greater levels of depression than the others (p=0.031). The psychological factors affected nurses included: the “Pleasure/Interest” dimension which correlated with the “Uncontrollable Thinking” (p=0.007), the “Unsatisfactory sleep/wake rhythm” (p=0.004), and the “Unmanageable pain and weakness” (p=0.001). CONCLUSIONS. Urgent need to intervene with psychological support programs for health professionals, such as nurses who are facing the health emergency from Covid-19 on the front line. (www.actabiomedica) Mattioli 1885 2021 2021-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8138806/ /pubmed/33855977 http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92iS2.11305 Text en Copyright: © 2020 ACTA BIO MEDICA SOCIETY OF MEDICINE AND NATURAL SCIENCES OF PARMA https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License |
spellingShingle | Original Article: Covid-19 and Health Professionals Vitale, Elsa Galatola, Vito Mea, Rocco Observational study on the potential psychological factors that affected italian nurses involved in the COVID-19 health emergency |
title | Observational study on the potential psychological factors that affected italian nurses involved in the COVID-19 health emergency |
title_full | Observational study on the potential psychological factors that affected italian nurses involved in the COVID-19 health emergency |
title_fullStr | Observational study on the potential psychological factors that affected italian nurses involved in the COVID-19 health emergency |
title_full_unstemmed | Observational study on the potential psychological factors that affected italian nurses involved in the COVID-19 health emergency |
title_short | Observational study on the potential psychological factors that affected italian nurses involved in the COVID-19 health emergency |
title_sort | observational study on the potential psychological factors that affected italian nurses involved in the covid-19 health emergency |
topic | Original Article: Covid-19 and Health Professionals |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8138806/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33855977 http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92iS2.11305 |
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