The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Frontline Healthcare Workers. A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a chronically stressful work environment for healthcare workers, increasing the negative psychological effects experienced. Aims: The authors of this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 on frontline healthcare wor...
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| author | Samantha So Brian Edward Yu Monali S. Malvankar-Mehta Teng Qing Wang |
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| description | Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a chronically stressful work environment for healthcare workers, increasing the negative psychological effects experienced.
Aims: The authors of this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 on frontline healthcare workers’ mental health, using various psychological outcomes.
Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted up until June 30th, 2022 on MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, ClinicalTrials.gov, and Dissertations and Theses.
Results: This meta-analysis includes 22 cross-sectional studies with a total of 32,690 participants. Anxiety (ES = 0.23, CI: [0.18, 0.28]), depression (ES = 0.17, CI: [0.10, 0.24]), PTSD (ES = 0.28, CI: [0.08, 0.48]), and stress (ES = 0.35, CI: [0.17, 0.53]) was significantly prevalent among frontline healthcare workers.
Conclusions: Our results suggested that European healthcare workers were experiencing high psychological symptoms associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The monitoring of their psychological symptoms, preventative interventions, and treatments should be implemented to prevent, reduce, and treat the worsening of their mental health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-486b724e4e814b0a9ac4a8bfd4d5636a2023-06-29T09:55:00ZengSemmelweis University Institute of Mental HealthEuropean Journal of Mental Health1788-71192023-02-01180003122https://doi.org/10.5708/EJMH.18.2023.0003The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Frontline Healthcare Workers. A Systematic Review and a Meta-AnalysisSamantha So0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7976-8618Brian Edward Yu1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8591-4762Monali S. Malvankar-Mehta2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7875-7386Teng Qing Wang3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8902-6797Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, CanadaSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, CanadaSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, CanadaSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, CanadaIntroduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a chronically stressful work environment for healthcare workers, increasing the negative psychological effects experienced. Aims: The authors of this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 on frontline healthcare workers’ mental health, using various psychological outcomes. Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted up until June 30th, 2022 on MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, ClinicalTrials.gov, and Dissertations and Theses. Results: This meta-analysis includes 22 cross-sectional studies with a total of 32,690 participants. Anxiety (ES = 0.23, CI: [0.18, 0.28]), depression (ES = 0.17, CI: [0.10, 0.24]), PTSD (ES = 0.28, CI: [0.08, 0.48]), and stress (ES = 0.35, CI: [0.17, 0.53]) was significantly prevalent among frontline healthcare workers. Conclusions: Our results suggested that European healthcare workers were experiencing high psychological symptoms associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The monitoring of their psychological symptoms, preventative interventions, and treatments should be implemented to prevent, reduce, and treat the worsening of their mental health.https://semmelweis.hu/ejmh/2023/02/27/the-psychological-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic/covid-19 healthcare workers meta-analysis systematic review psychological impact |
| spellingShingle | Samantha So Brian Edward Yu Monali S. Malvankar-Mehta Teng Qing Wang The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Frontline Healthcare Workers. A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis European Journal of Mental Health covid-19 healthcare workers meta-analysis systematic review psychological impact |
| title | The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Frontline Healthcare Workers. A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis |
| title_full | The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Frontline Healthcare Workers. A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis |
| title_fullStr | The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Frontline Healthcare Workers. A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Frontline Healthcare Workers. A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis |
| title_short | The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Frontline Healthcare Workers. A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis |
| title_sort | psychological impact of the covid 19 pandemic on frontline healthcare workers a systematic review and a meta analysis |
| topic | covid-19 healthcare workers meta-analysis systematic review psychological impact |
| url | https://semmelweis.hu/ejmh/2023/02/27/the-psychological-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic/ |
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