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The Effect of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review
Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research
Background: As COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect every nation, Healthcare Workers (HCW) who care for the patients are psychologically impacted. This study aims to assess the psychological impact experienced by HCW and the psychosocial support they received. Methods: Using PubMed, google scholar and Embase from December 2019 through June 2021, we found 376 studies on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of HCW. Using our inclusion criteria, 325 studies were excluded. 51 full-text articles were assessed for eligibility. 9 articles which met our criteria and eligibility criteria reported on 19,232 HCW, and 75.2% of the study participants were women. Results: The study participants reported high levels of stress, hypervigilance, fatigue, sleep problems, PTSD symptoms, poor concentration, depression, anxiety, burnout, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, suicide and self-harm ideations and somatic symptoms due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The psychosocial support...
Effect of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of Healthcare Workers
Issues and Developments in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 2
Background: As COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect every nation, Healthcare Workers (HCW) who care for the patients are psychologically impacted. The fear of contracting the disease and bringing it home to their family members, especially aged parents, and those with underlying health conditions, also makes them susceptible to stress and anxiety. This study aims to assess the psychological impact experienced by HCW and the psychosocial support they received. Methods: Using PubMed, google scholar and Embase from December 2019 through June 2021, we found 376 studies on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of HCW. Using our inclusion criteria, 325 studies were excluded. 51 full-text articles were assessed for eligibility. 9 articles which met our criteria and eligibility criteria reported on 19,232 HCW, and 75.2% of the study participants were women. Results: The study participants reported high levels of stress, hypervigilance, fatigue, sleep problems, PTSD symptoms, poor concentration, depression, anxiety, burnout, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, suicide and self-harm ideations and somatic symptoms due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The psychosocial support provided to HCW includes counseling and psychotherapy-based sessions on stress adaptation, onsite mindfulness-based crisis intervention, online form of emotional freedom technique, and Effort-reward system. Conclusion: Multiple interventions found in our review were effective in mitigating psychological stress among HCWs. These interventions should be considered as part of support provided to HCW with psychosocial challenges.
Mental health of medical workers during COVID-19 pandemic - literature review
Psychiatria Polska, 2021
The novel Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an illness caused due to Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). The global pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization on 11th March 2020 and COVID-19 has become a clinical threat to the general population and healthcare workers worldwide. This review covers early publications on the effects of COVID-19 on medical staff published from March to May 2020. The studies are scarce and the majority of them is focused on depression, anxiety and insomnia. According to studies, mental health problems are a common response to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, healthcare workers are every country’s most valuable resource. To minimize the negative psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on this professional group, it is necessary to develop appropriate prevention strategies, as well as training and support programs. It is extremely important to identify risk factors that may help in identifying gr...
Psychological effects of the COVID 19 pandemic on healthcare workers globally: A systematic review
Psychiatry Research, 2020
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COVID-19 pandemic effects on health worker’s mental health: Systematic review and meta-analysis
European Psychiatry, 2022
Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) exposed to coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) are at high risk of developing mental health concerns across several domains. The aim of this study is to determine the updated, global frequency of these outcomes. Methods A multistep literature search was performed from database inception until March 1, 2021. PRISMA/MOOSE-compliant systematic review and PROSPERO protocol were used to identify studies reporting on depression, anxiety, acute stress, post-traumatic symptoms, insomnia, and burnout in HCWs exposed to COVID-19. A quantitative meta-analysis with random effects was conducted to analyze the proportion rate of the mental health disorders. Sensitivity analyses were performed to investigate the effect of the different continents and scales. Meta-regression analyses were conducted to examine the effect of gender, age, and work position. Results 239 articles were included (n = 271,319 HCWs, mean age = 36.08 ± 8.33 (66.99% female). 33% HCWs exposed to COVI...
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
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Mental Health Status of Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Outbreak
European Journal of Psychology Open
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is a massive health crisis that has exerted enormous physical and psychological pressure. Mental healthcare for healthcare workers (HCWs) should receive serious consideration. This study served to determine the mental-health outcomes of 1,556 HCWs from 45 countries who participated in the COVID-19 IMPACT project, and to examine the predictors of the outcomes during the first pandemic wave. Methods: Outcomes assessed were self-reported perceived stress, depression symptom, and sleep changes. The predictors examined included sociodemographic factors and perceived social support. Results: The results demonstrated that half of the HCWs had moderate levels of perceived stress and symptoms of depression. Half of the HCWs (n = 800, 51.4%) had similar sleeping patterns since the pandemic started, and one in four slept more or slept less. HCWs reported less perceived stress and depression symptoms and higher levels of perceived social support than the general population who participated in the same project. Predictors associated with higher perceived stress and symptoms of depression among HCWs included female sex, not having children, living with parents, lower educational level, and lower social support. Discussion: The need for establishing ways to mitigate mental-health risks and adjusting psychological interventions and support for HCWs seems to be significant as the pandemic continues.
Background: The covid-19 pandemic has heavily burdened, and in some cases overwhelmed, healthcare systems throughout the world. Healthcare workers are not only at heightened risk of infection, but also of adverse mental health outcomes. Identification of organizational, collegial and individual risk and resilience factors impacting the mental health of healthcare workers are needed to inform preparedness planning and sustainable response. Methods: We performed a rapid systematic review to identify, assess and summarize available research on the mental health impact of the covid-19 pandemic on healthcare workers. On 11 May 2020, we utilized the Norwegian Institute of Public Health's Live map of covid-19 evidence, the visualization of a database of 20,738 screened studies, to identify studies for inclusion. We included studies reporting on any type of mental health outcome in any type of healthcare workers during the pandemic. We described interventions reported by the studies, an...
Erciyes Medical Journal, 2021
We aimed to evaluate the effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the mental health conditions of healthcare workers and raise awareness regarding the measures to be taken in this regard. Materials and Methods: A group of total 435 healthcare professionals, including 52.2% women, who worked in the pandemic clinics, were enrolled. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was administered using a web-based questionnaire system. We divided the healthcare workers into the following three groups: physicians, nurses, and other auxiliary healthcare workers, and compared their HADS-A and HADS-D scores. We grouped the healthcare workers as per their departments and years of professional experience and compared the HADS-A and HADS-D scores of the groups. Results: The mean patient age was 34.34±8.34 y. Further, 25.7% had received professional mental support, and 18.6% started undergoing professional psychological therapy for the first time in their lives owing to the psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic process. Healthcare workers were assessed for anxiety and depression using the HADS; 43.4% of them had anxiety and 65.1% had depression. Conclusion: The present study stated that <50% of healthcare workers with mental disorders who were serving as frontline healthcare providers for COVID-19 patients receive professional mental support. The authorities should take precautions to prevent healthcare services from being interrupted and the negative impacts on healthcare workers' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Review of the Literature on the Effects of COVID-19 on Health Workers' Mental Health
siti nur alisa, 2024
COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a new type of coronavirus called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which has already caused millions of cases. One of the impacts caused by the virus outbreak has been mental health problems, especially for health workers who are at the forefront of dealing with the pandemic. The objective of this study was to analyze articles related to the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of health workers. This was a literature review where articles were found through the databases of Google Scholar, Pubmed, and Scimagjr. This involved identification, screening, and assessing eligibility criteria, according to the PRISMA diagram and JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist for Analytical Cross Sectional Studies instrument. The results showed that COVID-19 has had an impact on mental health disorders of health workers such as anxiety, stress and depression, and stress is the most common mental disorder experienced by health workers. The stress is caused by fears of being infected and transmitting COVID-19 to family and surrounding people. Government and health institutions should therefore pay more attention and immediately implement policies that support efforts to maintain and restore the mental health of health workers; a step that can be considered is the provision of counseling services and coping training