The cost of caring during recent epidemics: a rapid review of risk factors, psychological manifestations, and strategies for its treatment

Rapid review on psychological consequences of epidemics on health care workers: risk factors, prevalence of psychiatric disorders, and strategies for its treatment. We aim to identify and synthesize the available evidence on: 1) Risk factors for psychological distress, and identification of prevalence of psychiatric diagnosis during epidemics in health care workers (HCW). We will include all evidence of mental disorders in HCW, as a consequence of SARS, MERS, and COVID-19, and the related predisposing risk factors; 2) Strategies for the prevention and treatment of psychological distress in HCW during epidemics. We will include all evidence on strategies aimed at preventing or reducing the consequences of epidemic on psychological wellbeing in HCW, which have been adopted during and after past or current epidemics.