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A Comparative Study on the Psychological Health of Frontline Health Workers in Wuhan Under and After the Lockdown
Background: The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak and a 3-month lockdown of Wuhan may have had a long-term impact on the mental health of frontline healthcare workers (HWs). However, there is still a lack of comparative studies on the mental health of front-line HWs in the initial phase o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8255471/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34234703 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.701032 |
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author | Qiu, Xiuli Lan, Yan Miao, Jinfeng Wang, Hui Wang, He Wu, Jianhong Li, Guo Zhao, Xin Cao, Ziqin Mei, Junhua Sun, Wenzhe Zhu, Zhou Zhu, Suiqiang Wang, Wei |
author_facet | Qiu, Xiuli Lan, Yan Miao, Jinfeng Wang, Hui Wang, He Wu, Jianhong Li, Guo Zhao, Xin Cao, Ziqin Mei, Junhua Sun, Wenzhe Zhu, Zhou Zhu, Suiqiang Wang, Wei |
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description | Background: The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak and a 3-month lockdown of Wuhan may have had a long-term impact on the mental health of frontline healthcare workers (HWs). However, there is still a lack of comparative studies on the mental health of front-line HWs in the initial phase of the lockdown and 1 month after the lifting of the lockdown. Methods: We recruited 1717 HWs during the initial phase of the lockdown and 2214 HWs 1 month after the lifting of the lockdown, and their baseline characteristics and psychiatric health in these two phases were compared. Furthermore, Pearson's Chi-square test and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to determine the possible risk factors associated with depressive symptoms in the front-line HWs. Results: Compared with the initial phase of the lockdown, the proportion of HWs with anxiety symptoms and stress decreased, while the proportion of HWs with depressive symptoms increased a month after the lifting of the lockdown. Male sex, exercise habit, comorbidities, and having family members or relatives with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection were significantly related to the increased incidence of depressive symptoms during the initial phase of the lockdown. Comorbidities, negative effect of media coverage, working >4 days a week, lower annual household income, and deteriorating relationships with family members were associated with depressive symptoms a month after the lifting of the lockdown. Conclusion: The increased proportion of HWs with depressive symptoms 1 month after the lifting of the lockdown suggested that mental health of front-line HWs should be a top-priority issue, not only during, but also after the pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-82554712021-07-06 A Comparative Study on the Psychological Health of Frontline Health Workers in Wuhan Under and After the Lockdown Qiu, Xiuli Lan, Yan Miao, Jinfeng Wang, Hui Wang, He Wu, Jianhong Li, Guo Zhao, Xin Cao, Ziqin Mei, Junhua Sun, Wenzhe Zhu, Zhou Zhu, Suiqiang Wang, Wei Front Psychiatry Psychiatry Background: The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak and a 3-month lockdown of Wuhan may have had a long-term impact on the mental health of frontline healthcare workers (HWs). However, there is still a lack of comparative studies on the mental health of front-line HWs in the initial phase of the lockdown and 1 month after the lifting of the lockdown. Methods: We recruited 1717 HWs during the initial phase of the lockdown and 2214 HWs 1 month after the lifting of the lockdown, and their baseline characteristics and psychiatric health in these two phases were compared. Furthermore, Pearson's Chi-square test and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to determine the possible risk factors associated with depressive symptoms in the front-line HWs. Results: Compared with the initial phase of the lockdown, the proportion of HWs with anxiety symptoms and stress decreased, while the proportion of HWs with depressive symptoms increased a month after the lifting of the lockdown. Male sex, exercise habit, comorbidities, and having family members or relatives with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection were significantly related to the increased incidence of depressive symptoms during the initial phase of the lockdown. Comorbidities, negative effect of media coverage, working >4 days a week, lower annual household income, and deteriorating relationships with family members were associated with depressive symptoms a month after the lifting of the lockdown. Conclusion: The increased proportion of HWs with depressive symptoms 1 month after the lifting of the lockdown suggested that mental health of front-line HWs should be a top-priority issue, not only during, but also after the pandemic. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8255471/ /pubmed/34234703 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.701032 Text en Copyright © 2021 Qiu, Lan, Miao, Wang, Wang, Wu, Li, Zhao, Cao, Mei, Sun, Zhu, Zhu and Wang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychiatry Qiu, Xiuli Lan, Yan Miao, Jinfeng Wang, Hui Wang, He Wu, Jianhong Li, Guo Zhao, Xin Cao, Ziqin Mei, Junhua Sun, Wenzhe Zhu, Zhou Zhu, Suiqiang Wang, Wei A Comparative Study on the Psychological Health of Frontline Health Workers in Wuhan Under and After the Lockdown |
title | A Comparative Study on the Psychological Health of Frontline Health Workers in Wuhan Under and After the Lockdown |
title_full | A Comparative Study on the Psychological Health of Frontline Health Workers in Wuhan Under and After the Lockdown |
title_fullStr | A Comparative Study on the Psychological Health of Frontline Health Workers in Wuhan Under and After the Lockdown |
title_full_unstemmed | A Comparative Study on the Psychological Health of Frontline Health Workers in Wuhan Under and After the Lockdown |
title_short | A Comparative Study on the Psychological Health of Frontline Health Workers in Wuhan Under and After the Lockdown |
title_sort | comparative study on the psychological health of frontline health workers in wuhan under and after the lockdown |
topic | Psychiatry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8255471/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34234703 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.701032 |
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