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Hospital workforce mental reaction to the pandemic in a low COVID-19 burden setting: a cross-sectional clinical study.
Alexopoulos, Panagiotis; Roukas, Dimitrios; Efkarpidis, Apostolos; Konstantopoulou, Georgia; Soldatos, Rigas; Karaivazoglou, Katerina; Kontogianni, Evagellia; Assimakopoulos, Konstantinos; Iliou, Theodoros; Εconomou, Polychronis; Gourzis, Philippos; Politis, Antonios.
  • Alexopoulos P; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Patras University General Hospital, University of Patras, Patras, Greece. panos.alexopoulos@upatras.gr.
  • Roukas D; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum Rechts Der Isar, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany. panos.alexopoulos@upatras.gr.
  • Efkarpidis A; Department of Psychiatry, 417 Army Equity Fund Hospital (NIMTS) Hospital, Athens, Greece.
  • Konstantopoulou G; Nursing Services Department, General Hospital of Syros "Vardakeio and Proio", Ermoupolis, Greece.
  • Soldatos R; Special Office for Health Consulting Services and Faculty of Education and Social Work, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
  • Karaivazoglou K; First Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Eginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
  • Kontogianni E; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Patras University General Hospital, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
  • Assimakopoulos K; First Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Eginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
  • Iliou T; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Patras University General Hospital, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
  • Εconomou P; Medical Informatics Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
  • Gourzis P; Department of Civil Engineering (Statistics), University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
  • Politis A; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Patras University General Hospital, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci ; 272(1): 95-105, 2022 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1202751
ABSTRACT
Τhe COVID-19 pandemic has mental health implications for both healthcare workforces and general population, particularly in regions heavily hit by the crisis. Τhe study aimed (i) to investigate anxiety- and depression severity differences between staff of a COVID-19 treatment unit (N = 84) and a hospital without such a unit (N = 55) in comparison to participants of a convenience general population online survey (N = 240) and (ii) to explore relations between such symptoms and hospital staff reaction to COVID-19 in a low COVID-19 burden setting. Anxiety was studied with the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item in hospital workforces and with the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) in online survey participants. Depression symptoms were assessed with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 in hospital employees and the HADS in the online survey sample. Symptoms were classified as absent/minimal, borderline abnormal or indicating clinical caseness. Staff reaction to COVID-19 was tapped with a 9-item-questionnaire and the 22-item Impact of Event Scale-revised (IES-R). Proper tests for differences and stepwise ordered logistic regression models were employed. Anxiety- and depression severity was higher in hospital workforces than in online survey participants (P < 0.05). Anxiety was more severe in frontline- compared to backstage employees (P < 0.001) was inversely correlated with age (P = 0.011) and positively with avoidance (P = 0.028). Both anxiety and depression symptoms related to intrusion symptoms (P < 0.001). Regarding the relatively long data collection period, an inverse association between crisis duration and depression symptoms was detected (P = 0.025). These observations point to the urgent need for distress-mitigating interventions for hospital workforces even in low COVID-19 burden settings.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Anxiety / Personnel, Hospital / Depression / Pandemics / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Qualitative research / Randomized controlled trials Topics: Long Covid Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci Journal subject: Neurology / Psychiatry Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S00406-021-01262-y

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Anxiety / Personnel, Hospital / Depression / Pandemics / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Qualitative research / Randomized controlled trials Topics: Long Covid Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci Journal subject: Neurology / Psychiatry Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S00406-021-01262-y