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Mental Health Outcomes Among British Healthcare Workers-Lessons From the First Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To ascertain the level of psychological distress, using validated psychology tools, among British National healthcare workers (HCW) during the first wave of the Covid-19 crisis.

Methods

A multi-centre, anonymized, all-comer staff survey across 3 hospitals in Lancashire, England during the Covid-19 first wave (April to June 2020), consisting of Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), and Impact of Events Scale (IES-6).

Results

Among 1113 HCW, median (IQR) PHQ-9, GAD-7, PSS-10, and IES-6 score was 7 (3 to 11), 6 (3 to 11), 19 (13 to 24), and 9 (5 to 14), respectively. Potential predictors of higher levels of psychological distress included living alone, disabled dependents, history of depression/anxiety, and being female.

Conclusions

The study indicates a high prevalence of psychological distress during the acute Covid-19 period among HCW, identifies groups at risk and areas of future research.

SUBMITTER: Debski M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8327764 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mental Health Outcomes Among British Healthcare Workers-Lessons From the First Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Debski Maciej M Abdelaziz Hesham K HK Sanderson Jo J Wild Susan S Assaf Omar O Wiper Andrew A Nabi Amjad A Abdelrahman Amr A Eichhofer Jonas J Skailes Geraldine G Gardner Jim J Moynes Kevin K Goode Grahame G Pathan Tayeem T Patel Billal B Kumar Somnath S Taylor Rebecca R Galasko Gavin G More Ranjit R Chalil Shajil S Choudhury Tawfiq T

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 20210801 8

<h4>Objective</h4>To ascertain the level of psychological distress, using validated psychology tools, among British National healthcare workers (HCW) during the first wave of the Covid-19 crisis.<h4>Methods</h4>A multi-centre, anonymized, all-comer staff survey across 3 hospitals in Lancashire, England during the Covid-19 first wave (April to June 2020), consisting of Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), and Impact of E ...[more]

PMID: 34190508

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Mental Health Outcomes Among British Healthcare Workers-Lessons From the First Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

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Mental Health Outcomes Among British Healthcare Workers-Lessons From the First Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

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