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Post-traumatic stress symptoms and professional quality of life among healthcare professionals working in COVID departments
INTRODUCTION: The COVID pandemic had a heavy impact on the mental health of people in general and healthcare professionals in particular. OBJECTIVES: Our study aimed to examine the the prevalence of post-traumatic stress symptoms among healthcare professionals working in COVID departments, and asses...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9568232/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1378 |
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author | Elleuch, O. Feki, R. Smaoui, N. Gassara, I. Maalej, M. Omri, S. Charfi, N. Zouari, L. Ben Thabet, J. Maalej, M. |
author_facet | Elleuch, O. Feki, R. Smaoui, N. Gassara, I. Maalej, M. Omri, S. Charfi, N. Zouari, L. Ben Thabet, J. Maalej, M. |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The COVID pandemic had a heavy impact on the mental health of people in general and healthcare professionals in particular. OBJECTIVES: Our study aimed to examine the the prevalence of post-traumatic stress symptoms among healthcare professionals working in COVID departments, and assess their professional quality of life. METHODS: Our sample consisted of 23 healthcare professionals who are working in the COVID departments of the Hospitals of Sfax. We collected their sociodemographic data, their medical history and COVID-related details. Their mental health was assessed by the Impact of Event scale (IES-R) and the professional quality of life scale (ProQOL-5) RESULTS: The sex ratio in our study was 17:6, with a mean age of 31.79 years. They carried out 5.43 nightshifts per month, 57 hours of work per week including 27.38 hours of direct contact with COVID positive patients. A rate of 21.74% of the patients had a high IES-R score, indicating severe post traumatic stress symptoms. As for the subscales of the professional quality of life score, 21.73% of the participants had a low compassion satisfaction score, 65.21% of the participants had a moderate one and 13% had a high one. A rate of 91.3% of the participants had a moderate burnout score, the mean was 29.39. The secondary traumatization score was low in 26% of the cases, moderate in 60.86%, high in 13% and the mean was 27.91. CONCLUSIONS: COVID healthcare professionals are at a relatively high risk of developing burnout and post-traumatic stress symptoms. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships. |
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spelling | pubmed-95682322022-10-17 Post-traumatic stress symptoms and professional quality of life among healthcare professionals working in COVID departments Elleuch, O. Feki, R. Smaoui, N. Gassara, I. Maalej, M. Omri, S. Charfi, N. Zouari, L. Ben Thabet, J. Maalej, M. Eur Psychiatry Abstract INTRODUCTION: The COVID pandemic had a heavy impact on the mental health of people in general and healthcare professionals in particular. OBJECTIVES: Our study aimed to examine the the prevalence of post-traumatic stress symptoms among healthcare professionals working in COVID departments, and assess their professional quality of life. METHODS: Our sample consisted of 23 healthcare professionals who are working in the COVID departments of the Hospitals of Sfax. We collected their sociodemographic data, their medical history and COVID-related details. Their mental health was assessed by the Impact of Event scale (IES-R) and the professional quality of life scale (ProQOL-5) RESULTS: The sex ratio in our study was 17:6, with a mean age of 31.79 years. They carried out 5.43 nightshifts per month, 57 hours of work per week including 27.38 hours of direct contact with COVID positive patients. A rate of 21.74% of the patients had a high IES-R score, indicating severe post traumatic stress symptoms. As for the subscales of the professional quality of life score, 21.73% of the participants had a low compassion satisfaction score, 65.21% of the participants had a moderate one and 13% had a high one. A rate of 91.3% of the participants had a moderate burnout score, the mean was 29.39. The secondary traumatization score was low in 26% of the cases, moderate in 60.86%, high in 13% and the mean was 27.91. CONCLUSIONS: COVID healthcare professionals are at a relatively high risk of developing burnout and post-traumatic stress symptoms. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships. Cambridge University Press 2022-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9568232/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1378 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. |
spellingShingle | Abstract Elleuch, O. Feki, R. Smaoui, N. Gassara, I. Maalej, M. Omri, S. Charfi, N. Zouari, L. Ben Thabet, J. Maalej, M. Post-traumatic stress symptoms and professional quality of life among healthcare professionals working in COVID departments |
title | Post-traumatic stress symptoms and professional quality of life among healthcare professionals working in COVID departments |
title_full | Post-traumatic stress symptoms and professional quality of life among healthcare professionals working in COVID departments |
title_fullStr | Post-traumatic stress symptoms and professional quality of life among healthcare professionals working in COVID departments |
title_full_unstemmed | Post-traumatic stress symptoms and professional quality of life among healthcare professionals working in COVID departments |
title_short | Post-traumatic stress symptoms and professional quality of life among healthcare professionals working in COVID departments |
title_sort | post-traumatic stress symptoms and professional quality of life among healthcare professionals working in covid departments |
topic | Abstract |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9568232/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1378 |
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