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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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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/). |
spellingShingle | Article 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 |
title | Stress and Maladaptive Coping of Italians Health Care Professionals during the First Wave of the Pandemic |
title_full | Stress and Maladaptive Coping of Italians Health Care Professionals during the First Wave of the Pandemic |
title_fullStr | Stress and Maladaptive Coping of Italians Health Care Professionals during the First Wave of the Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Stress and Maladaptive Coping of Italians Health Care Professionals during the First Wave of the Pandemic |
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 |
topic | Article |
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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