The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Health Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic had a massive impact on health care systems, increasing the risks of psychological distress in health professionals. This study aims at assessing the prevalence of burnout and psychopathological conditions in health professionals working in a health institution in t...
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| author | Emanuele Maria Giusti Emanuele Maria Giusti Elisa Pedroli Elisa Pedroli Guido E. D'Aniello Chiara Stramba Badiale Giada Pietrabissa Giada Pietrabissa Chiara Manna Chiara Manna Marco Stramba Badiale Giuseppe Riva Giuseppe Riva Gianluca Castelnuovo Gianluca Castelnuovo Enrico Molinari Enrico Molinari |
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| description | Background: The COVID-19 pandemic had a massive impact on health care systems, increasing the risks of psychological distress in health professionals. This study aims at assessing the prevalence of burnout and psychopathological conditions in health professionals working in a health institution in the Northern Italy, and to identify socio-demographic, work-related and psychological predictors of burnout.Methods: Health professionals working in the hospitals of the Istituto Auxologico Italiano were asked to participate to an online anonymous survey investigating socio-demographic data, COVID-19 emergency-related work and psychological factors, state anxiety, psychological distress, post-traumatic symptoms and burnout. Predictors of the three components of burnout were assessed using elastic net regression models.Results: Three hundred and thirty health professionals participated to the online survey. Two hundred and thirty-five health professionals (71.2%) had scores of state anxiety above the clinical cutoff, 88 (26.8%) had clinical levels of depression, 103 (31.3%) of anxiety, 113 (34.3%) of stress, 121 (36.7%) of post-traumatic stress. Regarding burnout, 107 (35.7%) had moderate and 105 (31.9%) severe levels of emotional exhaustion; 46 (14.0%) had moderate and 40 (12.1%) severe levels of depersonalization; 132 (40.1%) had moderate and 113 (34.3%) severe levels of reduced personal accomplishment. Predictors of all the three components of burnout were work hours, psychological comorbidities, fear of infection and perceived support by friends. Predictors of both emotional exhaustion and depersonalization were female gender, being a nurse, working in the hospital, being in contact with COVID-19 patients. Reduced personal accomplishment was also predicted by age.Conclusions: Health professionals had high levels of burnout and psychological symptoms during the COVID-19 emergency. Monitoring and timely treatment of these conditions is needed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f150205af0ea4eb4bfc349f700b0d1e32022-12-22T01:25:12ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-07-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.01684567443The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Health Professionals: A Cross-Sectional StudyEmanuele Maria Giusti0Emanuele Maria Giusti1Elisa Pedroli2Elisa Pedroli3Guido E. D'Aniello4Chiara Stramba Badiale5Giada Pietrabissa6Giada Pietrabissa7Chiara Manna8Chiara Manna9Marco Stramba Badiale10Giuseppe Riva11Giuseppe Riva12Gianluca Castelnuovo13Gianluca Castelnuovo14Enrico Molinari15Enrico Molinari16Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, ItalyPsychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milan, ItalyApplied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, eCampus University, Novedrate, ItalyPsychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milan, ItalyApplied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, ItalyPsychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, ItalyPsychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Geriatrics and Cardiovascular Medicine, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, ItalyApplied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, ItalyPsychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, ItalyPsychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milan, ItalyBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic had a massive impact on health care systems, increasing the risks of psychological distress in health professionals. This study aims at assessing the prevalence of burnout and psychopathological conditions in health professionals working in a health institution in the Northern Italy, and to identify socio-demographic, work-related and psychological predictors of burnout.Methods: Health professionals working in the hospitals of the Istituto Auxologico Italiano were asked to participate to an online anonymous survey investigating socio-demographic data, COVID-19 emergency-related work and psychological factors, state anxiety, psychological distress, post-traumatic symptoms and burnout. Predictors of the three components of burnout were assessed using elastic net regression models.Results: Three hundred and thirty health professionals participated to the online survey. Two hundred and thirty-five health professionals (71.2%) had scores of state anxiety above the clinical cutoff, 88 (26.8%) had clinical levels of depression, 103 (31.3%) of anxiety, 113 (34.3%) of stress, 121 (36.7%) of post-traumatic stress. Regarding burnout, 107 (35.7%) had moderate and 105 (31.9%) severe levels of emotional exhaustion; 46 (14.0%) had moderate and 40 (12.1%) severe levels of depersonalization; 132 (40.1%) had moderate and 113 (34.3%) severe levels of reduced personal accomplishment. Predictors of all the three components of burnout were work hours, psychological comorbidities, fear of infection and perceived support by friends. Predictors of both emotional exhaustion and depersonalization were female gender, being a nurse, working in the hospital, being in contact with COVID-19 patients. Reduced personal accomplishment was also predicted by age.Conclusions: Health professionals had high levels of burnout and psychological symptoms during the COVID-19 emergency. Monitoring and timely treatment of these conditions is needed.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01684/fullCOVID-19burnoutdepressionanxietypost-traumatic stresspredictors |
| spellingShingle | Emanuele Maria Giusti Emanuele Maria Giusti Elisa Pedroli Elisa Pedroli Guido E. D'Aniello Chiara Stramba Badiale Giada Pietrabissa Giada Pietrabissa Chiara Manna Chiara Manna Marco Stramba Badiale Giuseppe Riva Giuseppe Riva Gianluca Castelnuovo Gianluca Castelnuovo Enrico Molinari Enrico Molinari The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Health Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study Frontiers in Psychology COVID-19 burnout depression anxiety post-traumatic stress predictors |
| title | The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Health Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full | The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Health Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Health Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Health Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_short | The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Health Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_sort | psychological impact of the covid 19 outbreak on health professionals a cross sectional study |
| topic | COVID-19 burnout depression anxiety post-traumatic stress predictors |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01684/full |
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