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Beyond the physical risk: Psychosocial impact and coping in healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic
Aims and objectives
This study aimed to examine the psychosocial impact and identify risk factors for poor psychosocial outcomes in healthcare professionals during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Cyprus.
Background
Healthcare professionals are in the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic facing an unprecedented global health crisis, which can have consequences on their psychosocial health. There is a need to identify risk factors for poor psychosocial outcomes to inform the design of tailored psychological interventions.
Design
Cross-sectional online study.
Methods
A total of 1071 healthcare professionals completed self-report questionnaires. Measures included sociodemographic information, COVID-19-related characteristics, quality of life (Brief World Health Organization Quality of Life; WHOQOL-Bref), anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7; GAD-7), depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-8; PHQ-8), occupational burnout (Copenhagen Burnout Inventory; CBI), and coping (Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced; Brief COPE). This article follows the STROBE reporting guidelines.
Results
The prevalence of moderate to severe anxiety and clinically significant depression was 27.6% and 26.8%, respectively. Significant risk factors for poor psychological outcomes included being female, being a nurse or doctor (vs non-medical professional), working in frontline units (inpatient, intensive care), perceptions of inadequate workplace preparation to deal with the pandemic, and using avoidance coping. Depression and occupational burnout were significant risk factors for poor quality of life.
Conclusion
The findings suggest several individual, psychosocial, and organisational risk factors for the adverse psychological outcomes observed in healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Relevance to clinical practice
This study highlights the urgent need for screening for anxiety and depression and psychological interventions to combat an imminent mental health crisis in healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pandemic response protocols and public health initiatives aiming to improve and prevent mental health problems in healthcare professionals during the current and future health crises, need to account for the various factors at play
Characterization of Polymeric Coatings in Terms of Their Ability to Protect Marbles and Clays against Corrosion from Sulfur Dioxide by Inverse Gas Chromatography
Conversions of carbon monoxide oxidation over Pt−Rh alloy catalysts calculated by a new gas chromatographic technique
Potential barrier gravitational field-flow fractionation for the analysis of polydisperse colloidal samples
Die postoperative Sensibilität und Steifheit der Nasenspitze nach offener Septorhinoplastik - eine retrospektive Analyse an 53 Fällen
Concentration and characterization of dilute colloidal samples by potential-barrier field-flow fractionation
Successful management of severe idiopathic thrombocytopenia in the second trimester of pregnancy
This paper describes a case of severe idiopathic thrombocytopenia in a
primigravida. The disorder became symptomatic at 22 weeks gestation with
a platelet count of 20,000/mu l. The existence of chronic idiopathic
thrombocytopenia under remission was strongly suspected, but could not
be documented. The patient was treated with oral corticosteroids over a
period of 7 weeks. During this period, she also had three cycles of
high-dose intravenous globulin. This treatment produced a transient
improvement, but the platelet count fell to 4,000/mu l by the 29th
gestational week. Caesarean section was carried out for maternal
indication a week later, following a fourth intensified course of
gamma-globulin, coupled with platelet transfusions and low-dose
vinblastine. Splenectomy was not performed. Potentially life-threatening
thrombocytopenia persisted for 6 weeks post partum. Despite the presence
of circulating antiplatelet globulin in the maternal blood and the
antenatal use of vinblastine, the infant was entirely unaffected and
thrived
The genomic structure of SYCP3, a meiosis-specific gene encoding a protein of the chromosome core.
SYCP3 localizes to the lateral elements of the synaptonemal complex and is essential for male meiosis. The genomic structure of SYCP3 consists of nine exons spanning approximately 14 kb. In mouse and rat, but not in hamster, the putative translation start of SYCP3 is present in the first exon. The putative promoter of SYCP3 was also cloned and shown to drive transcription of a reporter gene in somatic cells