Depressive State in the Emergency Department During COVID-19: A National Cross-Sectional Survey in China

Chinese emergency department (ED) staff encountered significant mental stress while fighting the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We sought to investigate the prevalence and associated factors for depressive symptoms among ED staff (including physicians, nurses, allied health, and auxil...

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Autores principales: Liu, Shuang, Han, Wei, Shen, Chenyu, Zhu, Changju, Wang, Qiaofang, Liang, Xianquan, He, Xiangxi, Xie, Qin, Wei, Jie, Wu, Miao, Zhao, Xiaodong, Liu, Hongsheng, Liu, Danping, Guo, Xiaowang, Nie, Shinan, Cao, Liping, Lu, Linxin, Fang, Yaqin, Lu, Zhongqiu, Wu, Yixu, Zhao, Min, Han, Jun, Zhang, Xinchao, Chang, Jie, Xu, Shuogui, Ma, Wenjie, Si, Junli, Qi, Suxia, Peng, Peng, Chai, Yage, Cao, Yu, Jiang, Yaowen, Yin, Wen, Wang, Yanjun, Zhan, Hong, Huang, Yingxiong, Deng, Ying, Song, Juanjuan, Yang, Lishan, Wu, Jiali, Ding, Banghan, Zheng, Danwen, Qian, Chuanyun, Huang, Rui, Lin, Jiyan, Xu, Zhihong, Zhang, Guoxiu, Hu, Yingying, Dou, Qingli, Zhang, Xiaoming, Tian, Yingping, Yao, Dongqi, Walline, Joseph Harold, Zhu, Huadong, Xu, Jun, Li, Yi, Yu, Xuezhong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Psychiatry
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8236535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34194341
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.566990
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Sumario:Chinese emergency department (ED) staff encountered significant mental stress while fighting the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We sought to investigate the prevalence and associated factors for depressive symptoms among ED staff (including physicians, nurses, allied health, and auxiliary ED staff). A cross-sectional national survey of ED staff who were on duty and participated in combating the COVID-19 pandemic was conducted March 1–15, 2020. A total of 6,588 emergency medical personnel from 1,060 hospitals responded to this survey. A majority of respondents scored above 10 points on the PHQ-9 standardized test, which is associated with depressive symptoms. Those aged 31–45, those working in the COVID-19 isolation unit, and those with relatives ≤ 16 or ≥70 years old at home all had statistically significant associations with scoring >10 points. Depressive symptoms among Chinese emergency medical staff were likely quite common during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and reinforce the importance of targeted ED staff support during future outbreaks.

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