Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/22740
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dc.contributor.authorChatzittofis, Andreas-
dc.contributor.authorKaranikola, Maria-
dc.contributor.authorMichailidou, Kyriaki-
dc.contributor.authorConstantinidou, Anastasia-
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-20T09:06:55Z-
dc.date.available2021-06-20T09:06:55Z-
dc.date.issued2021-02-02-
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, vol. 18, no. 4, articl. no. 1435en_US
dc.identifier.issn16604601-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/22740-
dc.description.abstractThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a great impact on healthcare workers (HCWs) that includes negative mental health outcomes, such as post-traumatic stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms. In this cross-sectional study, we report on mental health outcomes among HCWs in Cyprus. Data were collected between 3 May and 27 May 2020, with the use of an online questionnaire that included demographics (sex, age, occupation, education, work sector, years of work experience), the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) which assesses depressive symptoms, the Impact of Events Scale Revised (IES-R), which measures post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and the-10 item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) which quantifies stress responses. Participants (42% physicians, 24% nurses, 18% physiotherapists, 16% classified as "other") were 58% of female gender and aged 21-76. A total of 79 (18.6%) and 62 HCWs (14.6%) reported clinically significant depressive (PHQ-9 ≥ 10) and post-traumatic stress (IES-R > 33) symptoms respectively. Nurses were more likely than physicians to suffer from depression (adjusted prevalence ratio 1.7 (1.06-2.73); p = 0.035) and PTSD (adjusted prevalence ratio 2.51 (1.49-4.23); p = 0.001). Even in a country with a rather low spread of the COVID-19, such as Cyprus, HCWs reported a substantial mental health burden, with nurses reporting increased depressive and PTSD symptoms compared to other HCWs.en_US
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dc.rightsThis article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attributionen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
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dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectDepressionen_US
dc.subjectHealthcare workersen_US
dc.subjectPost-traumatic stressen_US
dc.titleImpact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Healthcare Workersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.collaborationUniversity of Cyprusen_US
dc.collaborationUmeå Universityen_US
dc.collaborationCyprus University of Technologyen_US
dc.collaborationCyprus Institute of Neurology and Geneticsen_US
dc.subject.categoryHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.journalsOpen Accessen_US
dc.countryCyprusen_US
dc.countrySwedenen_US
dc.subject.fieldMedical and Health Sciencesen_US
dc.publicationPeer Revieweden_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph18041435en_US
dc.identifier.pmid33546513-
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85100237311-
dc.identifier.urlhttps://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85100237311-
dc.relation.issue4en_US
dc.relation.volume18en_US
cut.common.academicyear2020-2021en_US
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crisitem.journal.journalissn1660-4601-
crisitem.journal.publisherMDPI-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Nursing-
crisitem.author.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0003-2708-1851-
crisitem.author.parentorgFaculty of Health Sciences-
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