Psychological Distress, Fear of COVID-19, and Resilient Coping Abilities among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary First-Line Hospital during the Coronavirus Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a heavy burden in hospital healthcare workers (HCW) in terms of increased work, organizational changes, risk exposure, and social stigma. The present study aims at evaluating the psychological outcome among HCWs at the final stages of the first wave of the COVID-19 p...
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| author | Enrico Collantoni Anna Maria Saieva Valentina Meregalli Cristian Girotto Giovanni Carretta Deris Gianni Boemo Greta Bordignon Alfio Capizzi Cristina Contessa Maria Vittoria Nesoti Daniele Donato Luca Flesia Angela Favaro |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a heavy burden in hospital healthcare workers (HCW) in terms of increased work, organizational changes, risk exposure, and social stigma. The present study aims at evaluating the psychological outcome among HCWs at the final stages of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-sectional and survey-based study was conducted during June 2020 among 996 HCWs of the University Hospital of Padova. All the subjects completed questionnaires investigating the perception of risk of infecting or being infected by COVID-19, psychopathological variables, and coping abilities. Compared to physicians and healthcare assistants, nurses showed higher levels of depression (<i>p</i> = 0.002), insomnia (<i>p</i> < 0.001), and generalized anxiety (<i>p</i> = 0.001). Females reported increased concerns about the possibility of infecting others (<i>p</i> = 0.046), greater anxiety (<i>p</i> < 0.001), COVID-19 related fears (<i>p</i> < 0.001), depression (<i>p</i> < 0.001), and post-traumatic distress (<i>p</i> < 0.001) than males. Being employed in a COVID-19 unit, being transferred to other units, and living with children and the elderly were factors associated with higher levels of psychological distress. Greater coping abilities were detected in physicians, and in those HCWs employed in COVID units. Our findings evidenced that the psychological consequences of the pandemic were non-homogeneously distributed across HCWs categories and pointed out the presence of specific in-hospital and out-of-hospital risk factors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3964c39ad7604cb088c945445f3dbf5a2023-11-21T13:57:09ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832021-04-01107146510.3390/jcm10071465Psychological Distress, Fear of COVID-19, and Resilient Coping Abilities among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary First-Line Hospital during the Coronavirus PandemicEnrico Collantoni0Anna Maria Saieva1Valentina Meregalli2Cristian Girotto3Giovanni Carretta4Deris Gianni Boemo5Greta Bordignon6Alfio Capizzi7Cristina Contessa8Maria Vittoria Nesoti9Daniele Donato10Luca Flesia11Angela Favaro12Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, 35128 Padova, ItalyDepartment of Directional Hospital Management, Padua University Hospital, 35128 Padova, ItalyDepartment of Neurosciences, University of Padua, 35128 Padova, ItalyDepartment of Directional Hospital Management, Padua University Hospital, 35128 Padova, ItalyDepartment of Directional Hospital Management, Padua University Hospital, 35128 Padova, ItalyDepartment of Directional Hospital Management, Padua University Hospital, 35128 Padova, ItalyDepartment of Directional Hospital Management, Padua University Hospital, 35128 Padova, ItalyDepartment of Directional Hospital Management, Padua University Hospital, 35128 Padova, ItalyDepartment of Directional Hospital Management, Padua University Hospital, 35128 Padova, ItalyDepartment of Directional Hospital Management, Padua University Hospital, 35128 Padova, ItalyDepartment of Directional Hospital Management, Padua University Hospital, 35128 Padova, ItalyAssociazione Novilunio Onlus, 35020 Ponte San Nicolò (PD), ItalyDepartment of Neurosciences, University of Padua, 35128 Padova, ItalyThe COVID-19 pandemic is causing a heavy burden in hospital healthcare workers (HCW) in terms of increased work, organizational changes, risk exposure, and social stigma. The present study aims at evaluating the psychological outcome among HCWs at the final stages of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-sectional and survey-based study was conducted during June 2020 among 996 HCWs of the University Hospital of Padova. All the subjects completed questionnaires investigating the perception of risk of infecting or being infected by COVID-19, psychopathological variables, and coping abilities. Compared to physicians and healthcare assistants, nurses showed higher levels of depression (<i>p</i> = 0.002), insomnia (<i>p</i> < 0.001), and generalized anxiety (<i>p</i> = 0.001). Females reported increased concerns about the possibility of infecting others (<i>p</i> = 0.046), greater anxiety (<i>p</i> < 0.001), COVID-19 related fears (<i>p</i> < 0.001), depression (<i>p</i> < 0.001), and post-traumatic distress (<i>p</i> < 0.001) than males. Being employed in a COVID-19 unit, being transferred to other units, and living with children and the elderly were factors associated with higher levels of psychological distress. Greater coping abilities were detected in physicians, and in those HCWs employed in COVID units. Our findings evidenced that the psychological consequences of the pandemic were non-homogeneously distributed across HCWs categories and pointed out the presence of specific in-hospital and out-of-hospital risk factors.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/7/1465coronavirusCOVID-19health care workersmental healthdepressionanxiety |
| spellingShingle | Enrico Collantoni Anna Maria Saieva Valentina Meregalli Cristian Girotto Giovanni Carretta Deris Gianni Boemo Greta Bordignon Alfio Capizzi Cristina Contessa Maria Vittoria Nesoti Daniele Donato Luca Flesia Angela Favaro Psychological Distress, Fear of COVID-19, and Resilient Coping Abilities among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary First-Line Hospital during the Coronavirus Pandemic Journal of Clinical Medicine coronavirus COVID-19 health care workers mental health depression anxiety |
| title | Psychological Distress, Fear of COVID-19, and Resilient Coping Abilities among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary First-Line Hospital during the Coronavirus Pandemic |
| title_full | Psychological Distress, Fear of COVID-19, and Resilient Coping Abilities among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary First-Line Hospital during the Coronavirus Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Psychological Distress, Fear of COVID-19, and Resilient Coping Abilities among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary First-Line Hospital during the Coronavirus Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychological Distress, Fear of COVID-19, and Resilient Coping Abilities among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary First-Line Hospital during the Coronavirus Pandemic |
| title_short | Psychological Distress, Fear of COVID-19, and Resilient Coping Abilities among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary First-Line Hospital during the Coronavirus Pandemic |
| title_sort | psychological distress fear of covid 19 and resilient coping abilities among healthcare workers in a tertiary first line hospital during the coronavirus pandemic |
| topic | coronavirus COVID-19 health care workers mental health depression anxiety |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/7/1465 |
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