Impact on mental health of the COVID-19 pandemic in a radiation oncology department.
Radiol Med
; 127(2): 220-224, 2022 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1626353
ABSTRACT
AIM:
To evaluate the emotional state and organizational well-being of healthcare workers in radiation oncology departments, during the COVID pandemic.METHODS:
A survey was carried out with three questionnaires Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R); Italian ANAC questionnaire; and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Comparisons between groups were done by Student's t test.RESULTS:
Seventy-eight questionnaires for 26 workers were analyzed. Thirty-three percent of the sample obtained an IES-R high score, such as post-traumatic syndrome. In terms of organizational well-being, younger age and lower working seniority were statistically significant for higher score of ANAC items (p < 0.5). Regarding MBI, 0, 27 and 50% high scores of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment were reported, respectively. Low working seniority and male sex were correlated with high score of personal accomplishment (p0.05; p0.03).CONCLUSION:
Intervention to promote mental health well-being should be implemented in radiation oncology department.Keywords
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Burnout, Professional
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Mental Health
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Radiation Oncology
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Pandemics
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Radiation Oncologists
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
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Variants
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Radiol Med
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S11547-021-01440-x
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