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Factors Associated with Mental Health Outcomes and the Level of Work Engagement Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Tunisia

INTRODUCTION: Heath workers especiallyin the emergency rooms and emergency medical services are exposed to sustained stress which had increased due to the Pandemic situation OBJECTIVES: To search for factors associated with mental disorders among health workers during the Covid 19 pandemic METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Betbout, I., Amemou, B., Ben Haouala, A., Touati, Y., Benzarti, M., Zaafrane, F., Mhalla, A., Gaha, L.
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9567876/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1305
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author Betbout, I.
Amemou, B.
Ben Haouala, A.
Touati, Y.
Benzarti, M.
Zaafrane, F.
Mhalla, A.
Gaha, L.
author_facet Betbout, I.
Amemou, B.
Ben Haouala, A.
Touati, Y.
Benzarti, M.
Zaafrane, F.
Mhalla, A.
Gaha, L.
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description INTRODUCTION: Heath workers especiallyin the emergency rooms and emergency medical services are exposed to sustained stress which had increased due to the Pandemic situation OBJECTIVES: To search for factors associated with mental disorders among health workers during the Covid 19 pandemic METHODS: Data were collected through a questionnaire,with demographic variables anddifferentscales to evaluate the degree of symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia, distress, and the level of work engagement(PHQ-9,GAD-7,ISI,IES-R,UWES-9). RESULTS: Of the 217 participants, 46% were physicians, 42% were nurses and 12% were emergency medical technicians. We also found a femalepredominance of 66%, 55% were single and a total of 155 participants of whom 71% were frontline health workers. In our study, 54.8% of the HCWs had symptoms of depression, 68.2% had symptoms of anxiety and insomnia and 71.4% had symptoms of distress. Binarylogisticregressionanalysisshowedthat being married was associated with depression, anxiety, and insomnia, and being a frontlineworkerappeared to be a risk factor for depression and insomnia. Psychiatric support was an independentrisk factor for all psychiatric symptoms.In addition, living in a rural area was associated with depression, and age 31 or older was associated with anxiety. In addition, having a history of psychiatric illness was a risk factor for insomnia. Being a nurse was identified as a risk factor for psychiatric distress. We also found a moderatelevel of professional commitment to be a protective factor. CONCLUSIONS: Protecting healthcare workers is a crucial part of the public health response to the COVID-19 outbreak. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships.
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spelling pubmed-95678762022-10-17 Factors Associated with Mental Health Outcomes and the Level of Work Engagement Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Tunisia Betbout, I. Amemou, B. Ben Haouala, A. Touati, Y. Benzarti, M. Zaafrane, F. Mhalla, A. Gaha, L. Eur Psychiatry Abstract INTRODUCTION: Heath workers especiallyin the emergency rooms and emergency medical services are exposed to sustained stress which had increased due to the Pandemic situation OBJECTIVES: To search for factors associated with mental disorders among health workers during the Covid 19 pandemic METHODS: Data were collected through a questionnaire,with demographic variables anddifferentscales to evaluate the degree of symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia, distress, and the level of work engagement(PHQ-9,GAD-7,ISI,IES-R,UWES-9). RESULTS: Of the 217 participants, 46% were physicians, 42% were nurses and 12% were emergency medical technicians. We also found a femalepredominance of 66%, 55% were single and a total of 155 participants of whom 71% were frontline health workers. In our study, 54.8% of the HCWs had symptoms of depression, 68.2% had symptoms of anxiety and insomnia and 71.4% had symptoms of distress. Binarylogisticregressionanalysisshowedthat being married was associated with depression, anxiety, and insomnia, and being a frontlineworkerappeared to be a risk factor for depression and insomnia. Psychiatric support was an independentrisk factor for all psychiatric symptoms.In addition, living in a rural area was associated with depression, and age 31 or older was associated with anxiety. In addition, having a history of psychiatric illness was a risk factor for insomnia. Being a nurse was identified as a risk factor for psychiatric distress. We also found a moderatelevel of professional commitment to be a protective factor. CONCLUSIONS: Protecting healthcare workers is a crucial part of the public health response to the COVID-19 outbreak. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships. Cambridge University Press 2022-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9567876/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1305 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Betbout, I.
Amemou, B.
Ben Haouala, A.
Touati, Y.
Benzarti, M.
Zaafrane, F.
Mhalla, A.
Gaha, L.
Factors Associated with Mental Health Outcomes and the Level of Work Engagement Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Tunisia
title Factors Associated with Mental Health Outcomes and the Level of Work Engagement Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Tunisia
title_full Factors Associated with Mental Health Outcomes and the Level of Work Engagement Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Tunisia
title_fullStr Factors Associated with Mental Health Outcomes and the Level of Work Engagement Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Tunisia
title_full_unstemmed Factors Associated with Mental Health Outcomes and the Level of Work Engagement Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Tunisia
title_short Factors Associated with Mental Health Outcomes and the Level of Work Engagement Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Tunisia
title_sort factors associated with mental health outcomes and the level of work engagement among health care workers exposed to coronavirus disease 2019 in tunisia
topic Abstract
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9567876/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1305
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