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Mental Health and Psychosocial Problems of Medical Health Workers during the COVID-19 Epidemic in China.
- Source :
- Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics; 2020, Vol. 89 Issue 4, p242-250, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- <bold>Objective: </bold>We explored whether medical health workers had more psychosocial problems than nonmedical health workers during the COVID-19 outbreak.<bold>Methods: </bold>An online survey was run from February 19 to March 6, 2020; a total of 2,182 Chinese subjects participated. Mental health variables were assessed via the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), the Symptom Check List-revised (SCL-90-R), and the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4), which included a 2-item anxiety scale and a 2-item depression scale (PHQ-2).<bold>Results: </bold>Compared with nonmedical health workers (n = 1,255), medical health workers (n = 927) had a higher prevalence of insomnia (38.4 vs. 30.5%, p < 0.01), anxiety (13.0 vs. 8.5%, p < 0.01), depression (12.2 vs. 9.5%; p< 0.04), somatization (1.6 vs. 0.4%; p < 0.01), and obsessive-compulsive symptoms (5.3 vs. 2.2%; p < 0.01). They also had higher total scores of ISI, GAD-2, PHQ-2, and SCL-90-R obsessive-compulsive symptoms (p ≤ 0.01). Among medical health workers, having organic disease was an independent factor for insomnia, anxiety, depression, somatization, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms (p < 0.05 or 0.01). Living in rural areas, being female, and being at risk of contact with COVID-19 patients were the most common risk factors for insomnia, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and depression (p < 0.01 or 0.05). Among nonmedical health workers, having organic disease was a risk factor for insomnia, depression, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms (p < 0.01 or 0.05).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>During the COVID-19 outbreak, medical health workers had psychosocial problems and risk factors for developing them. They were in need of attention and recovery programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- VIRAL pneumonia
RESEARCH
CROSS-sectional method
MULTIVARIATE analysis
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL personnel
COVID-19
MENTAL health
EVALUATION research
MEDICAL cooperation
COMPARATIVE studies
PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
MENTAL depression
DISEASE prevalence
EPIDEMICS
INSOMNIA
ANXIETY
LOGISTIC regression analysis
OBSESSIVE-compulsive disorder
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00333190
- Volume :
- 89
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 144455968
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000507639