TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental health outcomes among British healthcare workers: Lessons from the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic
AU - Debski, Maciej
AU - Abdelaziz, Hesham K.
AU - Sanderson, Jo
AU - Wild, Susan
AU - Assaf, Omar
AU - Wiper, Andrew
AU - Nabi, Amjad
AU - Abdelrahman, Amr
AU - Eichhofer, Jonas
AU - Skailes, Geraldine
AU - Gardner, Jim
AU - Moynes, Kevin
AU - Goode, Grahame
AU - Pathan, Tayeem
AU - Patel, Billal
AU - Kumar, Somnath
AU - Taylor, Rebecca
AU - Galasko, Gavin
AU - More, Ranjit
AU - Chalil, Shajil
AU - Choudhury, Tawfiq
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the level of psychological distress, using validated psychology tools, among British National healthcare workers (HCW) during the first wave of the Covid-19 crisis. METHODS: A multi-centre, anonymized, all-comer staff survey across 3 hospitals in Lancashire, England during the Covid-19 first wave (April to June 2020), consisting of Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10), Generalized 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 to 11), 6 (3 to 11), 19 (13 to 24), and 9 (5 to 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 among HCW, identifies groups at risk and areas of future research.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the level of psychological distress, using validated psychology tools, among British National healthcare workers (HCW) during the first wave of the Covid-19 crisis. METHODS: A multi-centre, anonymized, all-comer staff survey across 3 hospitals in Lancashire, England during the Covid-19 first wave (April to June 2020), consisting of Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10), Generalized 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 to 11), 6 (3 to 11), 19 (13 to 24), and 9 (5 to 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 among HCW, identifies groups at risk and areas of future research.
UR - http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/34190508
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114522091&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/jom.0000000000002279
DO - 10.1097/jom.0000000000002279
M3 - Article
C2 - 34190508
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 63
SP - e549-e555
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 8
ER -