Mental Health Status of Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Outbreak

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Abstract. Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is a massive health crisis that has exerted enormous physical and psychological pressure. Mental healthcare for healthcare workers (HCWs) should receive serious consideration. This study served to determine the mental-health outcomes of 1,556 HCWs from 45 countries who participated in the COVID-19 IMPACT project, and to examine the predictors of the outcomes during the first pandemic wave. Methods: Outcomes assessed were self-reported perceived stress, depression symptom, and sleep changes. The predictors examined included sociodemographic factors and perceived social support. Results: The results demonstrated that half of the HCWs had moderate levels of perceived stress and symptoms of depression. Half of the HCWs ( n = 800, 51.4%) had similar sleeping patterns since the pandemic started, and one in four slept more or slept less. HCWs reported less perceived stress and depression symptoms and higher levels of perceived social support than the general population who participated in the same project. Predictors associated with higher perceived stress and symptoms of depression among HCWs included female sex, not having children, living with parents, lower educational level, and lower social support. Discussion: The need for establishing ways to mitigate mental-health risks and adjusting psychological interventions and support for HCWs seems to be significant as the pandemic continues.

The COVID-19 International Student Well-Being Study (C-19 ISWS)

“…It is also a transitional period for younger students and carries the extra burden of adjusting from high school to university. Social support is important and predicts well-being in general and during the pandemic (Gloster et al, 2020; Nicolaou et al, 2021).…”

A Rapid Access Brief Psychotherapy Intervention to Respond to Healthcare Workers in Ontario Whose Mental Health was Negatively Impacted During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Une brève intervention de psychothérapie à accès rapide pour répondre aux travailleurs de la santé de l'Ontario dont la santé mentale a été affectée négativement pendant la pandémie de COVID-19

“…6 Stress, insomnia, and COVID-19 fears were also common. Half of the HCWs showed moderate levels of perceived stress in one study 5 and 42% reported insomnia in a systematic review. 4 Finally, almost 42% of HCWs reported feeling fearful about COVID-19 and had anxiety related to becoming infected themselves and/or infecting a loved one.…”

The impact of leadership on perceived work-related stress in healthcare facilities organisations

“…Several solutions have been offered to contain the level of perceived stress among health workers, such as implementing measures to improve social support (Aydın et al. , 2021; Nicolaou et al. , 2021); introducing stress management programmes (Conti et al.…”

“…1. Introduction Among the negative consequences of the spread of highly contagious diseases, one of the most serious concerns examined in the literature is the damage to the mental health of the disease's affected population (Brooks et al, 2020;Cabarkapa et al, 2020;Chong et al, 2021;Chou et al, 2020;Dias Neto et al, 2021;Gloster et al, 2020;Huang and Zhao, 2020;Ji et al, 2017;Kamara et al, 2017;Tian et al, 2020).…”

“…Several solutions have been offered to contain the level of perceived stress among health workers, such as implementing measures to improve social support (Aydın et al, 2021;Nicolaou et al, 2021); introducing stress management programmes (Conti et al, 2021); monitoring, screening for mental health problems among health workers and providing referrals when necessary (Saragih et al, 2021;Silva-Junior et al, 2021). However, to the best of our knowledge, no other research has investigated the role of leadership in containing workrelated stress in the healthcare sector affected by the current pandemic.…”