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, amongst British National Health Service workers (HCW) during the first wave of the Covid-19 crisis.

Methods

A multi-centre, anonymised, all-comer staff survey across 3 hospitals in Lancashire, England during the Covid-19 first wave (April-June 2020), consisting of Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10), Generalised 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 [3-11], 6 [3-11], 19 [13-24] and 9 [5-14], 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 amongst HCW, identifies groups at risk and areas of future research.

SUBMITTER: Debski M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8327764 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature