Career stage differences in mental health symptom burden and help seeking among veterinarians during COVID-19.
J Am Vet Med Assoc
; 261(6): 898-906, 2023 06 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2279059
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To explore veterinarians' mental health symptom burden during COVID-19 and identify differences in symptom burden, social support, help seeking, and incentives and barriers associated with receiving help across career stages. SAMPLE Online survey responses from 266 veterinarians between June 4 and September 8, 2021. PROCEDURES Respondents were grouped by career stage (early [< 5 years of experience], middle [5 to 19 years of experience], or late [≥ 20 years of experience]), and results were compared across groups.RESULTS:
Of the 262 respondents who reported years of experience, 26 (9.9%) were early career, 130 (49.6%) were midcareer, and 106 (40.4%) were late career. The overall mean anxiety and depression symptom burden score was 3.85 ± 3.47 (0 to 2 = normal; 3 to 5 = mild; 6 to 8 = moderate; and 9 to 12 = severe), with 62 of 220 (28.1%) respondents reporting moderate to severe symptom burden. Most (164/206 [79.6%]) reported not accessing behavioral health providers, and of these, 53.6% (88/164) reported at least mild symptom burden. There were significant differences in both symptom burden and mental health help-seeking intentions across career stages, with early- and midcareer (vs late-career) veterinarians reporting higher symptom burden (P = .002) and midcareer (vs late-career) veterinarians reporting higher help-seeking intentions (P = .006). Barriers and incentives for seeking mental health care were identified. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Findings revealed differences in symptom burden and intentions to seek mental health care across veterinary career stages. Incentives and barriers identified serve to explain these career stage differences.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Veterinarians
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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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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Am Vet Med Assoc
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Javma.22.12.0583
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