NURSES’ PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS DURING THE FIRST COVID-19 LOCKDOWN IN ITALY
Background and objective: Northern Italy was one of the first European territories to deal with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Drastic emergency restrictions were introduced across the country to contain the spread and limit pressure on healthcare facilities. Nurses were at high r...
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| author | Stefano Botti Chiara Cannici Sarah Liptrott Valentina De Cecco Elena Rostagno Gianpaolo Gargiulo Laura Orlando Caime Alessandro Emanuela Samarani Letizia Galgano Marco Cioce Nicola Mordini Nadia Mandelli Lucia Tombari Sara Errichiello Nicola Celon Roberto Lupo Teresa Rea Nicola Serra |
| author_facet | Stefano Botti Chiara Cannici Sarah Liptrott Valentina De Cecco Elena Rostagno Gianpaolo Gargiulo Laura Orlando Caime Alessandro Emanuela Samarani Letizia Galgano Marco Cioce Nicola Mordini Nadia Mandelli Lucia Tombari Sara Errichiello Nicola Celon Roberto Lupo Teresa Rea Nicola Serra |
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| description | Background and objective: Northern Italy was one of the first European territories to deal with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Drastic emergency restrictions were introduced across the country to contain the spread and limit pressure on healthcare facilities. Nurses were at high risk of developing physical, mental and working issues due to professional exposure. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate these issues among nurses working in Italian hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: Data were collected online immediately after the first "lockdown" period in order to investigate the prevalence of physical issues, sleep disorders and burnout symptoms and explore correlations with COVID-19 territorial incidence in Northern Italian regions versus Central and Southern Italian regions.
Results: Three hundred and eight nurses working in 61 Italian HSCT Units responded to the survey. Depression, cough and fever were more frequently reported by nurses working in geographical areas less affected by the pandemic (p=0.0013, p<0.0001 and p=0.0005 respectively) as well as worst sleep quality (p=0.008). Moderate levels of emotional exhaustion (mean±SD - 17.4±13.0), depersonalization (5.3±6.1) and personal accomplishment (33.2±10.7) were reported without significant differences between territories.
Conclusions: different COVID-19 incidence among territories did not influenced nurses’ burden of symptoms in HSCT setting. However, burnout and insomnia levels should be considered by health care facilities in order to improve preventive strategies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-94376a33d134424da211f919860917c22025-01-02T00:23:27ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases2035-30062022-01-0114110.4084/MJHID.2022.010NURSES’ PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS DURING THE FIRST COVID-19 LOCKDOWN IN ITALYStefano Botti0Chiara Cannici1Sarah Liptrott2Valentina De Cecco3Elena Rostagno4Gianpaolo Gargiulo5Laura Orlando 6Caime Alessandro7Emanuela Samarani8Letizia Galgano9Marco Cioce10Nicola Mordini11Nadia Mandelli12Lucia Tombari13Sara Errichiello14Nicola Celon15Roberto Lupo16Teresa Rea17Nicola Serra18Azienda USL-IRCCS of Reggio EmiliaDivision of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliera SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, AlessandriaEnte Ospedaliero Cantonale, Via Ospedale, Bellinzona, SwitzerlandDepartment of Onco-Haematology and Cell and Gene Therapy, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCSSSD Oncoematologia Pediatrica, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di BolognaHaematology Unit, Federico II University Hospital of NaplesIstituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona, SwitzerlandDivision of Hemato-Oncology, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, MilanUnit of Blood Diseases and Stem Cell Transplantation, ASST Spedali Civili, BresciaSOD Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapies, AOU-Careggi, FlorenceHematology and Trasplant Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, RomeHematology Division, AO S. Croce e Carle, CuneoDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Milano-Bicocca Fondazione MBBM/ASST, MilanHematology and Stem Cell Transplant Center, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord (AORMN), AnconaHematology Unit, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale, piazzale Santa Maria della Misericordia , UdinePediatric Onco-hematology Unit, AOU PadovaEmergency Unit, ASL Lecce “San Giuseppe da Copertino” Hospital, LecceDepartment of Public Health, University Federico II of NaplesDepartment of Public Health, University Federico II of NaplesBackground and objective: Northern Italy was one of the first European territories to deal with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Drastic emergency restrictions were introduced across the country to contain the spread and limit pressure on healthcare facilities. Nurses were at high risk of developing physical, mental and working issues due to professional exposure. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate these issues among nurses working in Italian hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Data were collected online immediately after the first "lockdown" period in order to investigate the prevalence of physical issues, sleep disorders and burnout symptoms and explore correlations with COVID-19 territorial incidence in Northern Italian regions versus Central and Southern Italian regions. Results: Three hundred and eight nurses working in 61 Italian HSCT Units responded to the survey. Depression, cough and fever were more frequently reported by nurses working in geographical areas less affected by the pandemic (p=0.0013, p<0.0001 and p=0.0005 respectively) as well as worst sleep quality (p=0.008). Moderate levels of emotional exhaustion (mean±SD - 17.4±13.0), depersonalization (5.3±6.1) and personal accomplishment (33.2±10.7) were reported without significant differences between territories. Conclusions: different COVID-19 incidence among territories did not influenced nurses’ burden of symptoms in HSCT setting. However, burnout and insomnia levels should be considered by health care facilities in order to improve preventive strategies.https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/4800COVID-19Stem Cell TransplantationnNursesPandemicBurnoutSleep Disorders |
| spellingShingle | Stefano Botti Chiara Cannici Sarah Liptrott Valentina De Cecco Elena Rostagno Gianpaolo Gargiulo Laura Orlando Caime Alessandro Emanuela Samarani Letizia Galgano Marco Cioce Nicola Mordini Nadia Mandelli Lucia Tombari Sara Errichiello Nicola Celon Roberto Lupo Teresa Rea Nicola Serra NURSES’ PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS DURING THE FIRST COVID-19 LOCKDOWN IN ITALY Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases COVID-19 Stem Cell Transplantationn Nurses Pandemic Burnout Sleep Disorders |
| title | NURSES’ PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS DURING THE FIRST COVID-19 LOCKDOWN IN ITALY |
| title_full | NURSES’ PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS DURING THE FIRST COVID-19 LOCKDOWN IN ITALY |
| title_fullStr | NURSES’ PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS DURING THE FIRST COVID-19 LOCKDOWN IN ITALY |
| title_full_unstemmed | NURSES’ PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS DURING THE FIRST COVID-19 LOCKDOWN IN ITALY |
| title_short | NURSES’ PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS DURING THE FIRST COVID-19 LOCKDOWN IN ITALY |
| title_sort | nurses physical and psychological symptoms during the first covid 19 lockdown in italy |
| topic | COVID-19 Stem Cell Transplantationn Nurses Pandemic Burnout Sleep Disorders |
| url | https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/4800 |
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