Mental health of healthcare workers during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
A longitudinal study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22067448 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maaike van der Noordt (0000-0001-9044-6628, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, corresponding author), Karin I Proper (0000-0001-7016-1625, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment), Bette Loef (0000-0002-0511-5160, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment), Cécile R L Boot (0000-0001-5021-9957, Radboud University Nijmegen), Floor M Kroese (0000-0002-6626-483X, Utrecht University), Marijn De Bruin (0000-0003-3100-6803, Radboud University Nijmegen), Sandra H van Oostrom (0000-0003-3086-6641, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Pages | 1224112-1224112 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1224112 |
| PMID | 38074703 |
| OpenAlex | W4388942299 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 29 |
Purpose: In March 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Previous virus outbreaks, such as the SARS outbreak in 2003, appeared to have a great impact on the mental health of healthcare workers. The aim of this study is to examine to what extent mental health of healthcare workers differed from non-healthcare workers during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: = 16,615; number of observations = 64,206). Mental health, as measured by the 5-item Mental Health Inventory, was compared between healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers over time, by performing linear GEE-analyses. Results: Mental health scores were higher among healthcare workers compared to non-healthcare workers during the first year of the pandemic (1.29 on a 0-100 scale, 95%-CI = 0.75-1.84). During peak periods of the pandemic, with over 100 hospital admissions or over 25 ICU admissions per day and subsequently more restrictive measures, mental health scores were observed to be lower in both healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers. Conclusion: During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we observed no relevant difference in mental health between healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers in the Netherlands. To be better prepared for another pandemic, future research should investigate which factors hinder and which factors support healthcare workers to maintain a good mental health
Disease · Family medicine · Geography · Health care · Longitudinal study · Mental health · Mental healthcare · Pandemic · Psychiatry · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Workplace Health and Well-being
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| Highly cited | No |