Mental Health Conditions of Italian Healthcare Professionals during the COVID-19 Disease Outbreak.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic in Italy represents a unique threat in terms of psychological distress. This cross-sectional study aims to investigate the psychological health of Italian healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak. We assessed participants' current psychological distress and coping strategies in the midst of the COVID outbreak (March-April 2020), and also asked them to retrospectively report how they remember feeling before the COVID-19 outbreak (December 2019). We examined associations between psychological distress and coping strategies with mental health and infection perceptions.

Methods

Self-administered questionnaires were distributed online to healthcare professionals (N = 580) residing in different Italian regions from 26 March to 9 April

SUBMITTER: Bettinsoli ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7675316 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature