The Anxiety Status of Chinese Medical Workers During the Epidemic of COVID-19: A Meta-Analysis

Pan, Rong; Zhang, Liqing; Pan, Jiyang

doi:10.30773/pi.2020.0127

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“…This trend is characteristic not only for medical workers in Russia, but also for India[ 14 ] and China. [ 15 16 ] In the second stage of our study, this was confirmed by a decrease in the frequency of media requests by respondents. It is important that with a decrease in the levels of psychological stress, the scores of devaluation/discrimination increased among medical workers over time.…”

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Stress and stigmatization in health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sorokin¹,

Kasyanov²,

Рукавишников³

et al. 2020

Indian J Psychiatry

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Background: The health-care workers showed the highest risks of the adverse psychological reactions from the COVID-19 pandemic. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the structure and severity of psychological distress and stigmatization in different categories of health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: This study included two phases of online survey in 1800 Russian-speaking health-care workers (March 30 – April 5 and May 4 – May 10, 2020). The Psychological Stress Scale (PSM-25) and modified Perceived Devaluation-Discrimination scale (Cronbach's α = 0.74) were used. Dispersion analysis was performed with P = 0.05, Cohen's d , and Cramer's V calculated (effect size [ES]). Results: The psychological stress levels decreased in the second phase (ES = 0.13), while the stigma levels (ES = 0.33) increased. Physicians experienced more stress compared with nurses and paramedical personnel (ES = 0.34; 0.64), but were less likely to stigmatize SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals (ES = 0.43; 0.41). The increasing probability of contact with infected individuals was associated with higher levels of psychological stress (probable contact ES = 0.48; definite contact ES=0.97). The highest rates of contacts with COVID-19 patients were reported by physicians (χ 2 = 123.0; P = 0.00, Cramer's V = 0.2), the youngest (ES = 0.5), and less experienced medical workers (ES = 0.33). Conclusion: Direct contact with coronavirus infection is associated with a significant increase in stress among medical personnel. The pandemic compromises the psychological well-being of the youngest and highly qualified specialists. However, the stigmatizing reactions are not directly associated with the risks of infection and are most prevalent among nurses and paramedical personnel.

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confidence: 70%

Stress and stigmatization in health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sorokin¹,

Kasyanov²,

Рукавишников³

et al. 2020

Indian J Psychiatry

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“…Other literature reviews of previous epidemics and/or the COVID-19 pandemic have focused on generic psychological distress and/or anxiety and depressive symptoms. Meta-analyses have found a high prevalence of anxious and depressive symptoms among HCWs, especially among women and nurses (Pan et al, 2020;Pappa et al, 2020). In addition, a series of recent reviews highlighted that risk factors, such as being female, younger, being a nurse, lack of adequate protective equipment, and exposure to infected people, have been found to be associated to TRSs in previous epidemics (Brooks S. K. et al, 2020;Kisely et al, 2020;Rajkumar, 2020;Spoorthy, 2020;Walton et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

Traumatic Stress in Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of the Immediate Impact

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The disease caused by respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) called COVID-19 resulted in a pandemic that has demanded extraordinary physical and mental effort from healthcare workers. This review provides an overview of studies that have explored traumatic stress in healthcare workers and associated factors between January and May 2020. The focus is on the most relevant literature investigating the prevalence of traumaand stressor-related symptoms. Articles were selected from PubMed and PsycINFO databases using the search terms, "healthcare workers," "COVID-19," and "posttraumatic stress" in different combinations and with various synonyms. Among the seven studies that fulfilled our criteria, five assessed traumatic stress response, one assessed acute stress symptoms, and one focused on vicarious traumatization. Overall, the available findings highlight the presence of trauma-related stress, with a prevalence ranging from 7.4 to 35%, particularly among women, nurses, frontline workers, and in workers who experienced physical symptoms. Future studies should clarify the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of healthcare workers, with particular focus on posttraumatic stress disorder.

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“…Previous systematic reviews have explored social and occupational factors associated with psychological outcomes in HCW during an infectious disease outbreak ( Brooks et al 2018 ), and their perceptions of risk and use of coping strategies towards emerging respiratory infectious diseases ( Koh et al 2011 ). A number of recent systematic reviews have examined the psychological and mental impact of COVID-19 on medical staff and other HCWs ( Garcia-Iglesias et al 2020 , Kisely et al 2020 , Luo et al 2020 , Pan et al 2020 , Pappa et al 2020 , Shaukat et al 2020 ), some of them focussing on specific mental health problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ( Carmassi et al 2020 ) or anxiety ( Pan et al 2020 ). However, given the exponential proliferation of studies on this area during the last months, there is a need to synthesise the current body of knowledge.…”

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Impact of viral epidemic outbreaks on mental health of healthcare workers: a rapid systematic review and meta-analysis

Serrano-Ripoll

Meneses-Echávez

Ricci‐Cabello

et al. 2020

Journal of Affective Disorders

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Highlights Healthcare workers are at high risk of mental health problems during viral epidemic outbreaks This review of 117 studies offers pooled estimations of prevalence of acute stress disorder (40%), followed by anxiety (30%), burnout (28%), depression (24%), and post-traumatic stress disorder (13%). It identifies a number of factors (sociodemographic, occupational and social) associated with mental health problems. Interventional high-quality research is urgently needed to inform evidence-based policies for viral pandemics.

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The Anxiety Status of Chinese Medical Workers During the Epidemic of COVID-19: A Meta-Analysis

Cited by 63 publications

References 27 publications

Stress and stigmatization in health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Stress and stigmatization in health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Traumatic Stress in Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of the Immediate Impact

Impact of viral epidemic outbreaks on mental health of healthcare workers: a rapid systematic review and meta-analysis

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