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Mental health and conspirasism in health care professionals during the spring 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in Greece.
Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N; Apostolidou, Maria K; Atsiova, Marina B; Filippidou, Anna K; Florou, Angeliki K; Gousiou, Dimitra S; Katsara, Aikaterini R; Mantzari, Sofia N; Padouva-Markoulaki, Marina; Papatriantafyllou, Evangelia I; Sacharidi, Panagiota I; Tonia, Aikaterini I; Tsagalidou, Eleni G; Zymara, Vasiliki P; Prezerakos, Panagiotis E; Koupidis, Sotirios A; Fountoulakis, Nikolaos K; Konsta, Anastasia; Tsapakis, Eva Maria; Theodorakis, Pavlos N; Mossialos, Elias.
  • Fountoulakis KN; Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Apostolidou MK; PMS "Clinical Mental Health" Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Atsiova MB; PMS "Clinical Mental Health" Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Filippidou AK; PMS "Clinical Mental Health" Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Florou AK; PMS "Clinical Mental Health" Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Gousiou DS; PMS "Clinical Mental Health" Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Katsara AR; PMS "Clinical Mental Health" Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Mantzari SN; PMS "Clinical Mental Health" Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Padouva-Markoulaki M; PMS "Clinical Mental Health" Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Papatriantafyllou EI; PMS "Clinical Mental Health" Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Sacharidi PI; PMS "Clinical Mental Health" Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Tonia AI; PMS "Clinical Mental Health" Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Tsagalidou EG; PMS "Clinical Mental Health" Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Zymara VP; PMS "Clinical Mental Health" Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Prezerakos PE; Department of Nursing, University of Peloponnese, Laboratory of Integrated Health Care, Tripoli, Greece.
  • Koupidis SA; Occupational and Environmental Health Sector, Public Health Policy Department, School of Public Health, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.
  • Fountoulakis NK; Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Konsta A; Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Tsapakis EM; Agios Charalampos Mental Health Clinic, Heraklion Crete, Greece.
  • Theodorakis PN; Health Policy, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Athens, Greece.
  • Mossialos E; Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, UK.
Acta Neuropsychiatr ; 34(3): 132-147, 2022 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1565677
ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION:

The aim of the study was to investigate mental health and conspiracy theory beliefs concerning COVID-19 among health care professionals (HCPs). MATERIAL AND

METHODS:

During lockdown, an online questionnaire gathered data from 507 HCPs (432 females aged 33.86 ± 8.63 and 75 males aged 39.09 ± 9.54). STATISTICAL

ANALYSIS:

A post-stratification method to transform the study sample was used; descriptive statistics were calculated.

RESULTS:

Anxiety and probable depression were increased 1.5-2-fold and were higher in females and nurses. Previous history of depression was the main risk factor. The rates of believing in conspiracy theories concerning the COVID-19 were alarming with the majority of individuals (especially females) following some theory to at least some extend.

CONCLUSIONS:

The current paper reports high rates of depression, distress and suicidal thoughts in the HCPs during the lockdown, with a high prevalence of beliefs in conspiracy theories. Female gender and previous history of depression acted as risk factors, while the belief in conspiracy theories might act as a protective factor. The results should be considered with caution due to the nature of the data (online survey on a self-selected but stratified sample).
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 Type of study: Etiology study / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Journal: Acta Neuropsychiatr Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Neu.2021.38