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Factors Associated with Distress Among Medical Staff During the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Peru
The current COVID-19 pandemic affects the mental health of medical staff. Our objective was to evaluate the factors that are associated with the distress of physicians in two general hospitals in Lima, Peru. A cross-sectional correlational survey study was carried out. Physicians completed The Impac...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8939394/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35342378 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-022-00804-2 |
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author | Huarcaya-Victoria, Jeff Podestá, Angela Rojas, Wendoline |
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description | The current COVID-19 pandemic affects the mental health of medical staff. Our objective was to evaluate the factors that are associated with the distress of physicians in two general hospitals in Lima, Peru. A cross-sectional correlational survey study was carried out. Physicians completed The Impact of Event Scale-Revised-22 (IES-R), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7). A total of 310 physicians completed the survey, 36.5% of whom reported distress symptoms. Higher levels of distress were reached by women, by those with a prior psychiatric diagnosis, by those who considered that the hospital does not provide adequate personal protective equipment, and by those who perceived stigma from family members. Multiple regression analysis showed that there is a correlation between distress symptoms and anxiety symptoms, (B = 0.509), depressive symptoms (B = 0.305), the total hours/week worked in the Emergency Department (B=−0.142), and the stigma perception (B = 0.096). Early intervention programs must be developed to support medical staff members exposed to severe distress situations such as the current viral pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-89393942022-03-23 Factors Associated with Distress Among Medical Staff During the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Peru Huarcaya-Victoria, Jeff Podestá, Angela Rojas, Wendoline Int J Ment Health Addict Brief Report The current COVID-19 pandemic affects the mental health of medical staff. Our objective was to evaluate the factors that are associated with the distress of physicians in two general hospitals in Lima, Peru. A cross-sectional correlational survey study was carried out. Physicians completed The Impact of Event Scale-Revised-22 (IES-R), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7). A total of 310 physicians completed the survey, 36.5% of whom reported distress symptoms. Higher levels of distress were reached by women, by those with a prior psychiatric diagnosis, by those who considered that the hospital does not provide adequate personal protective equipment, and by those who perceived stigma from family members. Multiple regression analysis showed that there is a correlation between distress symptoms and anxiety symptoms, (B = 0.509), depressive symptoms (B = 0.305), the total hours/week worked in the Emergency Department (B=−0.142), and the stigma perception (B = 0.096). Early intervention programs must be developed to support medical staff members exposed to severe distress situations such as the current viral pandemic. Springer US 2022-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8939394/ /pubmed/35342378 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-022-00804-2 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Huarcaya-Victoria, Jeff Podestá, Angela Rojas, Wendoline Factors Associated with Distress Among Medical Staff During the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Peru |
title | Factors Associated with Distress Among Medical Staff During the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Peru |
title_full | Factors Associated with Distress Among Medical Staff During the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Peru |
title_fullStr | Factors Associated with Distress Among Medical Staff During the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Peru |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors Associated with Distress Among Medical Staff During the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Peru |
title_short | Factors Associated with Distress Among Medical Staff During the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Peru |
title_sort | factors associated with distress among medical staff during the initial phase of the covid-19 pandemic in peru |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8939394/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35342378 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-022-00804-2 |
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