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Stress and Maladaptive Coping of Italians Health Care Professionals during the First Wave of the Pandemic

Stress during the pandemic has had an impact on the mental health of healthcare professionals (HCPs). However, little is known about coping and “maladaptive” coping behaviours of this population. This study investigates “maladaptive” coping behaviours and their correlation with stress, anxiety and i...

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Autores principales: Grandinetti, Paolo, Gooney, Martina, Scheibein, Florian, Testa, Roberta, Ruggieri, Gaetano, Tondo, Paolo, Corona, Anastasia, Boi, Graziella, Floris, Luca, Profeta, Valerio F., Wells, John S. G., De Berardis, Domenico
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8699311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34942888
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11121586
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author Grandinetti, Paolo
Gooney, Martina
Scheibein, Florian
Testa, Roberta
Ruggieri, Gaetano
Tondo, Paolo
Corona, Anastasia
Boi, Graziella
Floris, Luca
Profeta, Valerio F.
Wells, John S. G.
De Berardis, Domenico
author_facet Grandinetti, Paolo
Gooney, Martina
Scheibein, Florian
Testa, Roberta
Ruggieri, Gaetano
Tondo, Paolo
Corona, Anastasia
Boi, Graziella
Floris, Luca
Profeta, Valerio F.
Wells, John S. G.
De Berardis, Domenico
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description Stress during the pandemic has had an impact on the mental health of healthcare professionals (HCPs). However, little is known about coping and “maladaptive” coping behaviours of this population. This study investigates “maladaptive” coping behaviours and their correlation with stress, anxiety and insomnia of Italian HCPs during the pandemic. It reports on a cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational study based on a survey of 1955 Italian HCPs. Overall participants reported increases in cigarette smoking, time spent online and video playing. Overall reported alcohol consumption decreased but increased in those reporting drinking more than once a week. Those reporting starting smoking during the pandemic were found to have higher SAS and PSS scores. Those reporting being online for 3 or more hours were found to have higher ISS scores. Doctors who reported playing video games were found to have higher PSS, ISS and SAS scores whilst nurses who reported playing video games were found to have higher ISS scores. Doctors who reported playing for longer than one hour had higher PSS scores. Online behaviours may be a coping behaviour of HCPs affected by the pandemic. However, this is an underexplored area for the wellbeing of HCPs. These deficits need to be addressed going forward.
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spelling pubmed-86993112021-12-24 Stress and Maladaptive Coping of Italians Health Care Professionals during the First Wave of the Pandemic Grandinetti, Paolo Gooney, Martina Scheibein, Florian Testa, Roberta Ruggieri, Gaetano Tondo, Paolo Corona, Anastasia Boi, Graziella Floris, Luca Profeta, Valerio F. Wells, John S. G. De Berardis, Domenico Brain Sci Article Stress during the pandemic has had an impact on the mental health of healthcare professionals (HCPs). However, little is known about coping and “maladaptive” coping behaviours of this population. This study investigates “maladaptive” coping behaviours and their correlation with stress, anxiety and insomnia of Italian HCPs during the pandemic. It reports on a cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational study based on a survey of 1955 Italian HCPs. Overall participants reported increases in cigarette smoking, time spent online and video playing. Overall reported alcohol consumption decreased but increased in those reporting drinking more than once a week. Those reporting starting smoking during the pandemic were found to have higher SAS and PSS scores. Those reporting being online for 3 or more hours were found to have higher ISS scores. Doctors who reported playing video games were found to have higher PSS, ISS and SAS scores whilst nurses who reported playing video games were found to have higher ISS scores. Doctors who reported playing for longer than one hour had higher PSS scores. Online behaviours may be a coping behaviour of HCPs affected by the pandemic. However, this is an underexplored area for the wellbeing of HCPs. These deficits need to be addressed going forward. MDPI 2021-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8699311/ /pubmed/34942888 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11121586 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Grandinetti, Paolo
Gooney, Martina
Scheibein, Florian
Testa, Roberta
Ruggieri, Gaetano
Tondo, Paolo
Corona, Anastasia
Boi, Graziella
Floris, Luca
Profeta, Valerio F.
Wells, John S. G.
De Berardis, Domenico
Stress and Maladaptive Coping of Italians Health Care Professionals during the First Wave of the Pandemic
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title_short Stress and Maladaptive Coping of Italians Health Care Professionals during the First Wave of the Pandemic
title_sort stress and maladaptive coping of italians health care professionals during the first wave of the pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8699311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34942888
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11121586
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