Psychological Impact of the Very Early Beginning of the Covid-19 Outbreak in Healthcare Workers

A Bayesian Study on the Italian and Swiss Perspectives

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ID22091085
AutoresSara Uccella (0000-0003-4164-2125, University of Verona, autor de correspondencia), Francesco Mongelli (0000-0002-3967-9589, Ospedale regionale di Lugano), Pietro Majno-Hurst, Pietro Majno‐Hurst (0000-0002-8676-3214, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice), Luca Jacopo Pavan (0000-0001-9172-233X, University of Verona), Stefano Uccella (0000-0002-4456-0822, University of Verona, autor de correspondencia), Cesare Zoia (0000-0001-7304-6120, Policlinico San Matteo Fondazione), Laura Uccella (0000-0002-5401-8703, Ospedale regionale di Lugano)
Año2022
Volumen10
Páginas768036-768036
Fecha de publicación2022-03-24
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
EditorialFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2022.768036
PMID35400074
OpenAlexW4220878131
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas37

Background: We investigated the COVID19-related psychological impact on healthcare workers in Italy and in Italian-speaking regions of Switzerland, three weeks after its outbreak. All professional groups of public hospitals in Italy and Switzerland were asked to complete a 38 questions online survey investigating demographic, marital and working status, presence of stress symptoms and need for psychological support. Results: Within 38 h a total of 3,038 responses were collected. The subgroup analysis identified specific categories at risk according to age, type of work and region of origin. Critical care workers, in particular females, reported an increased number of working hours, decline in confidence in the future, presence of stress symptoms and need for psychological support. Respondents reporting stress symptoms and those with children declared a higher need for psychological support. Conclusions: The large number of participants in such a short time indicates for a high interest on topic among health-care workers. The COVID19 outbreak has been experienced as a repeated trauma for many health-care professionals, especially among female nurses' categories. Early evidence of the need of implementating short and long-term measures to mitigate impact of the emotional burden of COVID-19 pandemic are still relevant

Disease · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Marital status · Outbreak · Pandemic · Population · Psychiatry · Public health · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Nursing · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology