Mental health and conspirasism in health care professionals during the spring 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in Greece.
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 ANDMETHODS:
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). STATISTICALANALYSIS:
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).Keywords
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Acta Neuropsychiatr
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Neu.2021.38
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