Mental health of healthcare professionals: two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal

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Autor(a) principal: Costa, Alexandra
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Almeida, Teresa Caldas de, Fialho, Mónica, Rasga, Célia, Martiniano, Hugo, Santos, Osvaldo, Virgolino, Ana, Vicente, Astrid Moura, Heitor, Maria João
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/40489
Resumo: The COVID-19 pandemic increased psychosocial risk factors among healthcare professionals (HCPs). Objective: To characterize Portuguese HCPs mental health (MH), estimate anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and burnout symptoms, and identify risk/protective factors. A cross-sectional online survey and a longitudinal assessment were conducted in 2020 (T0) and 2021 (T1). Sociodemographic and occupational variables, COVID-19-related experiences and protective behavior data were collected from a non-probabilistic sample of HCPs in Portugal. Symptoms of anxiety, depression, PTSD, burnout and resilience were assessed using the Portuguese versions of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), the Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5), the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Measure (MBSM) and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10), respectively. Risk and protective factors were identified through simple and multiple logistic regression models. Overall, 2027 participants answered the survey in T0 and 1843 in T1. The percentage of moderate-to-severe symptoms decreased from T0 to T1; however, a considerable proportion of HCPs reported symptoms of distress in both years. Being a woman, working in a COVID-19-treatment frontline position and work-life balance increased the odds of distress. High resilience, good social/family support, and hobbies/lifestyle maintenance were found to be protective factors. Globally, our results show that performing as a HCP during the pandemic may result in long-term effects on MH.
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spelling Mental health of healthcare professionals: two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in PortugalAnxietyDepressionMental health promotionPost-traumaticProfessional burnoutResilienceRisk and protective factorsStress disordersThe COVID-19 pandemic increased psychosocial risk factors among healthcare professionals (HCPs). Objective: To characterize Portuguese HCPs mental health (MH), estimate anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and burnout symptoms, and identify risk/protective factors. A cross-sectional online survey and a longitudinal assessment were conducted in 2020 (T0) and 2021 (T1). Sociodemographic and occupational variables, COVID-19-related experiences and protective behavior data were collected from a non-probabilistic sample of HCPs in Portugal. Symptoms of anxiety, depression, PTSD, burnout and resilience were assessed using the Portuguese versions of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), the Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5), the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Measure (MBSM) and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10), respectively. Risk and protective factors were identified through simple and multiple logistic regression models. Overall, 2027 participants answered the survey in T0 and 1843 in T1. The percentage of moderate-to-severe symptoms decreased from T0 to T1; however, a considerable proportion of HCPs reported symptoms of distress in both years. Being a woman, working in a COVID-19-treatment frontline position and work-life balance increased the odds of distress. High resilience, good social/family support, and hobbies/lifestyle maintenance were found to be protective factors. Globally, our results show that performing as a HCP during the pandemic may result in long-term effects on MH.Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaCosta, AlexandraAlmeida, Teresa Caldas deFialho, MónicaRasga, CéliaMartiniano, HugoSantos, OsvaldoVirgolino, AnaVicente, Astrid MouraHeitor, Maria João2023-03-08T14:52:10Z2023-02-102023-02-10T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/40489eng1661-782710.3390/ijerph2004313185148965118PMC996804636833822info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-12T17:46:02Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/40489Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:33:13.429332Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Mental health of healthcare professionals: two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
title Mental health of healthcare professionals: two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
spellingShingle Mental health of healthcare professionals: two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
Costa, Alexandra
Anxiety
Depression
Mental health promotion
Post-traumatic
Professional burnout
Resilience
Risk and protective factors
Stress disorders
title_short Mental health of healthcare professionals: two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
title_full Mental health of healthcare professionals: two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
title_fullStr Mental health of healthcare professionals: two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
title_full_unstemmed Mental health of healthcare professionals: two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
title_sort Mental health of healthcare professionals: two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
author Costa, Alexandra
author_facet Costa, Alexandra
Almeida, Teresa Caldas de
Fialho, Mónica
Rasga, Célia
Martiniano, Hugo
Santos, Osvaldo
Virgolino, Ana
Vicente, Astrid Moura
Heitor, Maria João
author_role author
author2 Almeida, Teresa Caldas de
Fialho, Mónica
Rasga, Célia
Martiniano, Hugo
Santos, Osvaldo
Virgolino, Ana
Vicente, Astrid Moura
Heitor, Maria João
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Costa, Alexandra
Almeida, Teresa Caldas de
Fialho, Mónica
Rasga, Célia
Martiniano, Hugo
Santos, Osvaldo
Virgolino, Ana
Vicente, Astrid Moura
Heitor, Maria João
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Anxiety
Depression
Mental health promotion
Post-traumatic
Professional burnout
Resilience
Risk and protective factors
Stress disorders
topic Anxiety
Depression
Mental health promotion
Post-traumatic
Professional burnout
Resilience
Risk and protective factors
Stress disorders
description The COVID-19 pandemic increased psychosocial risk factors among healthcare professionals (HCPs). Objective: To characterize Portuguese HCPs mental health (MH), estimate anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and burnout symptoms, and identify risk/protective factors. A cross-sectional online survey and a longitudinal assessment were conducted in 2020 (T0) and 2021 (T1). Sociodemographic and occupational variables, COVID-19-related experiences and protective behavior data were collected from a non-probabilistic sample of HCPs in Portugal. Symptoms of anxiety, depression, PTSD, burnout and resilience were assessed using the Portuguese versions of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), the Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5), the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Measure (MBSM) and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10), respectively. Risk and protective factors were identified through simple and multiple logistic regression models. Overall, 2027 participants answered the survey in T0 and 1843 in T1. The percentage of moderate-to-severe symptoms decreased from T0 to T1; however, a considerable proportion of HCPs reported symptoms of distress in both years. Being a woman, working in a COVID-19-treatment frontline position and work-life balance increased the odds of distress. High resilience, good social/family support, and hobbies/lifestyle maintenance were found to be protective factors. Globally, our results show that performing as a HCP during the pandemic may result in long-term effects on MH.
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