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Healthcare worker trauma and related mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 outbreak in New York City
Healthcare workers (HCWs) faced a range of stressors during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, contributing to psychological stress. We use a psychological trauma framework to characterize the mental health burden for clinical and non-clinical healthcare worker occupations during the COVID-19 pand...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9053820/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35486610 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267315 |
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author | Yu, Bo Barnett, Donell Menon, Vidya Rabiee, Lara De Castro, Yinelka Silverio Kasubhai, Moiz Watkins, Eren |
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description | Healthcare workers (HCWs) faced a range of stressors during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, contributing to psychological stress. We use a psychological trauma framework to characterize the mental health burden for clinical and non-clinical healthcare worker occupations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective was to measure and characterize risk factors for trauma and anxiety-related mental health problems among HCWs at a public hospital in the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City (NYC). This study reports findings from a cross-sectional survey of NYC HCWs shortly after the initial 2020 infection surge. Over 800 hospital employees completed the survey that assessed professional quality of life indicators (compassion satisfaction [CS], burnout [BO], secondary traumatic stress [STS]), Coronavirus Anxiety (CS), Obsession with Coronavirus (OC), and PTSD symptoms. The survey also assessed pandemic-related work and life circumstances such as “do you have a family member or friend who tested positive for COVID”. Relatively small percentages of HCWs endorsed probable Coronavirus Anxiety (6%), PTSD (13%), and Coronavirus Obsession (21%). We observed higher proportions of Burnout (29%), Moderate or High Secondary Traumatic Stress (45%), and High Compassion Satisfaction (52%). Adjusted regression models showed important implications for prior behavioral/emotional health concerns among HCWs, providing care for a patient that died from COVID-19, and other characteristics. This study supports prior studies documenting the mental health consequences for the healthcare workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study builds on that base by including non-clinical staff in the sample and assessing pandemic life-stressors such as caring for sick family members. |
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spelling | pubmed-90538202022-04-30 Healthcare worker trauma and related mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 outbreak in New York City Yu, Bo Barnett, Donell Menon, Vidya Rabiee, Lara De Castro, Yinelka Silverio Kasubhai, Moiz Watkins, Eren PLoS One Research Article Healthcare workers (HCWs) faced a range of stressors during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, contributing to psychological stress. We use a psychological trauma framework to characterize the mental health burden for clinical and non-clinical healthcare worker occupations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective was to measure and characterize risk factors for trauma and anxiety-related mental health problems among HCWs at a public hospital in the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City (NYC). This study reports findings from a cross-sectional survey of NYC HCWs shortly after the initial 2020 infection surge. Over 800 hospital employees completed the survey that assessed professional quality of life indicators (compassion satisfaction [CS], burnout [BO], secondary traumatic stress [STS]), Coronavirus Anxiety (CS), Obsession with Coronavirus (OC), and PTSD symptoms. The survey also assessed pandemic-related work and life circumstances such as “do you have a family member or friend who tested positive for COVID”. Relatively small percentages of HCWs endorsed probable Coronavirus Anxiety (6%), PTSD (13%), and Coronavirus Obsession (21%). We observed higher proportions of Burnout (29%), Moderate or High Secondary Traumatic Stress (45%), and High Compassion Satisfaction (52%). Adjusted regression models showed important implications for prior behavioral/emotional health concerns among HCWs, providing care for a patient that died from COVID-19, and other characteristics. This study supports prior studies documenting the mental health consequences for the healthcare workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study builds on that base by including non-clinical staff in the sample and assessing pandemic life-stressors such as caring for sick family members. Public Library of Science 2022-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9053820/ /pubmed/35486610 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267315 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) public domain dedication. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Yu, Bo Barnett, Donell Menon, Vidya Rabiee, Lara De Castro, Yinelka Silverio Kasubhai, Moiz Watkins, Eren Healthcare worker trauma and related mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 outbreak in New York City |
title | Healthcare worker trauma and related mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 outbreak in New York City |
title_full | Healthcare worker trauma and related mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 outbreak in New York City |
title_fullStr | Healthcare worker trauma and related mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 outbreak in New York City |
title_full_unstemmed | Healthcare worker trauma and related mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 outbreak in New York City |
title_short | Healthcare worker trauma and related mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 outbreak in New York City |
title_sort | healthcare worker trauma and related mental health outcomes during the covid-19 outbreak in new york city |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9053820/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35486610 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267315 |
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