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Distress among healthcare professionals during the first two years of COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal

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dc.contributor.authorCosta, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorFialho, Mónica
dc.contributor.authorRasga, Célia
dc.contributor.authorMartiniano, Hugo
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Osvaldo
dc.contributor.authorVirgolino, Ana
dc.contributor.authorVicente, Astrid
dc.contributor.authorHeitor, Maria João
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-08T16:40:39Z
dc.date.available2024-02-08T16:40:39Z
dc.date.issued2023-11
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic increased existing psychosocial risk factors among healthcare professionals (HCPs). Integrated into a wider project, the main objective of this study was to characterize Portuguese HCPs mental health (MH), estimate the percentage of symptoms of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and burnout, and identify risk and protective factors. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey and a longitudinal assessment were conducted in 2020 (T0) and 2021 (T1). Sociodemographic and occupational variables, as well as protection behaviors and pandemic-context data were collected from a large non-probabilistic sample of HCPs in Portugal. MH outcomes were assessed using instruments with sound psychometric properties. Risk and protective factors were evaluated through simple and multiple logistic regression models. Results: A total of 2027 HCPs participated in the survey in T0; 1843 in T1. Despite the percentage of moderate to severe symptoms had decreased from T0 to T1: 26.1% and 23.3% for anxiety (T0 and T1, respectively; p = 0.028), 25.3% and 23.7% for depression, 22.7% and 19.1% for PTSD (p = 0.003), and 29.8% to 29.5% for burnout, a considerable proportion of HCPs reported symptoms of distress in both years. Being a woman, working in a COVID-19-treatment frontline position and the perception of work-life imbalance increased the odds of distress (in both T0 and T1), whilst high resilience, good social/family support, and hobbies/lifestyle maintenance were found to be MH protective factors. Conclusions: The longitudinal approach of our study allowed following-up changes in HCPs mental health and show that performing as an HCP during the pandemic may result in long-term effects on MH. Our results also provide evidence to support interventions targeting gender and professional sub-groups. Further studies are needed to understand the potential long-lasting psychological burden related to COVID-19 among HCPs.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/9061
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewednopt_PT
dc.publisherInstituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, IPpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectHealth Workforcept_PT
dc.subjectMental Healthpt_PT
dc.subjectBurdenpt_PT
dc.subjectRisk and Protective Factorspt_PT
dc.subjectCOVID-19pt_PT
dc.subjectPortugalpt_PT
dc.subjectAr e Saúde Ocupacionalpt_PT
dc.titleDistress among healthcare professionals during the first two years of COVID-19 pandemic in Portugalpt_PT
dc.typeconference object
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceDublin, Irelandpt_PT
oaire.citation.title16th European Public Health Conference, 8-11 novembro 2023pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typeconferenceObjectpt_PT

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