1. Post-traumatic stress in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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Sanketh Andhavarapu, Isha Yardi, Vera Bzhilyanskaya, Tucker Lurie, Mujtaba Bhinder, Priya Patel, Ali Pourmand, and Quincy K Tran
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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Health Personnel ,Prevalence ,Humans ,COVID-19 ,Pandemics ,Biological Psychiatry - Abstract
The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has increased healthcare worker (HCW) susceptibility to mental illness. We conducted a meta-analysis to investigate the prevalence and possible factors associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among HCW during the COVID-19 pandemic. We searched PubMed, SCOPUS and EMBASE databases up to May 4th, 2022. We performed random effects meta-analysis and moderator analyses for the prevalence of PTSD-relevant symptoms and severe PTSD symptoms. We identified 1276 studies, reviewed 209 full-text articles, and included 119 studies (117,143 participants) with a total of 121 data points in our final analysis. 34 studies (24,541 participants) reported prevalence of severe PTSD symptoms. Approximately 25.2% of participants were physicians, 42.8% nurses, 12.4% allied health professionals, 8.9% auxiliary health professionals, and 10.8% "other". The pooled prevalence of PTSD symptoms among HCWs was 34% (95% CI, 0.30-0.39, I
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- 2022
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