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Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Spanish Ob-Gyn Specialists—A Nationwide Study

It has been reported that frontline health professionals have suffered from an increased rate of mental disorders as a consequence of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of Spanish specialists in the obstetrics and gynecolog...

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Autores principales: González-Mesa, Ernesto, Jiménez-López, Jesus Salvador, Blasco-Alonso, Marta, Anderica-Herrero, Jose Ramon, Lubián-López, Daniel
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8709490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34945195
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10245899
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author González-Mesa, Ernesto
Jiménez-López, Jesus Salvador
Blasco-Alonso, Marta
Anderica-Herrero, Jose Ramon
Lubián-López, Daniel
author_facet González-Mesa, Ernesto
Jiménez-López, Jesus Salvador
Blasco-Alonso, Marta
Anderica-Herrero, Jose Ramon
Lubián-López, Daniel
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description It has been reported that frontline health professionals have suffered from an increased rate of mental disorders as a consequence of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of Spanish specialists in the obstetrics and gynecology fields after the fifth Spanish COVID-19 wave. Methods: Psychometric screening of the professionals was performed using a nationwide online survey designed by the Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology taskforce. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and general anxiety disorder were screened. Results: We found high scores for PTSD, depression, and generalized anxiety disorder. Up to 12.4% of specialists met the PTSD criteria, 12.8% showed complex PTSD, 37% showed depression, and up to 37% had a positive screening for generalized anxiety disorder. Our results showed that the pandemic has particularly affected the group of female Ob-Gyn specialists, with significant higher scores in depression and anxiety scales. Conclusions: As a lesson learned for the future in case of new health emergencies, it would be very important to provide professionals with adequate psychological support, ensuring enough human and material resources, flexible work shifts, and facilities to reconcile work and family-life, especially in the case of female specialists.
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spelling pubmed-87094902021-12-25 Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Spanish Ob-Gyn Specialists—A Nationwide Study González-Mesa, Ernesto Jiménez-López, Jesus Salvador Blasco-Alonso, Marta Anderica-Herrero, Jose Ramon Lubián-López, Daniel J Clin Med Article It has been reported that frontline health professionals have suffered from an increased rate of mental disorders as a consequence of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of Spanish specialists in the obstetrics and gynecology fields after the fifth Spanish COVID-19 wave. Methods: Psychometric screening of the professionals was performed using a nationwide online survey designed by the Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology taskforce. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and general anxiety disorder were screened. Results: We found high scores for PTSD, depression, and generalized anxiety disorder. Up to 12.4% of specialists met the PTSD criteria, 12.8% showed complex PTSD, 37% showed depression, and up to 37% had a positive screening for generalized anxiety disorder. Our results showed that the pandemic has particularly affected the group of female Ob-Gyn specialists, with significant higher scores in depression and anxiety scales. Conclusions: As a lesson learned for the future in case of new health emergencies, it would be very important to provide professionals with adequate psychological support, ensuring enough human and material resources, flexible work shifts, and facilities to reconcile work and family-life, especially in the case of female specialists. MDPI 2021-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8709490/ /pubmed/34945195 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10245899 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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Jiménez-López, Jesus Salvador
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Anderica-Herrero, Jose Ramon
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Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Spanish Ob-Gyn Specialists—A Nationwide Study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8709490/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10245899
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