Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, and Peritraumatic Dissociation in Critical Care Clinicians Managing Patients with COVID-19. A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

designed the study, obtained the funding and all the authorizations. Michael Darmon and Frédéric Pochard were part of the steering committee and helped to design the project and to select all the metrics and mental health outcomes.

Prevalence of stress, depression, anxiety and sleep disturbance among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis

“…The overall pooled point estimates of depression reported by the 62 studies [ 19 , [22] , [23] , [24] , [25] , [26] , [27] , [28] , [29] , [30] , [31] , 34 , 35 , 37 , 39 , 42 , 43 , 45 , 48 , 49 , 51 , [53] , [54] , [55] , [56] , [57] , 62 , [64] , [65] , [66] , [67] , [71] , [72] , [73] , [74] , [77] , [78] , [79] , [80] , [81] , [82] , [83] , [84] , [85] , [86] , [87] , [88] , 90 , 91 , [94] , [95] , [96] , [99] , [100] , [101] , [102] , [103] , [105] , [106] , [107] , [108] ] varied between 9% and 89% ( Fig. 4 : forest plots).…”

Clinician Perspectives on Caring for Dying Patients During the Pandemic

“…Our results accord with previous reports of clinician burden associated with visitor restrictions ( 7 , 31 ), which vary widely. Regret about limited family presence was associated with symptoms of anxiety, depression, and peritraumatic dissociation in a survey of French clinicians caring for patients during the pandemic ( 32 , 33 ). Emerging data reflect the tenet that a death unmarked is perceived as a major societal wrong ( 33 ).…”

Ethical obligations for supporting healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…[1] This has been especially true during the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] Physically stressful working conditions and witnessing the suffering and death of large numbers of patients take a toll. Further, when resources cannot fully meet demand, HCWs may experience moral distress due to rationing decisions.…”

“…[4] This stress may contribute to physical exhaustion and feelings of fear and anxiety, sleepdisorders and insomnia, or even burnout and depression. [2] All of this is compounded in a situation like a pandemic where the effects are felt beyond the work environment, giving HCWs the sense that there is no way to escape the pressures outside the hospital. Anxiety is further heightened by the uncertainty about when the pandemic will end or how bad it will get.…”