TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental health and risk perception among Italian healthcare workers during the second month of the Covid-19 pandemic
AU - Gorini, Alessandra
AU - Fiabane, Elena
AU - Sommaruga, Marinella
AU - Barbieri, Simone
AU - Sottotetti, Federico
AU - La Rovere, Maria Teresa
AU - Tremoli, Elena
AU - Gabanelli, Paola
N1 - Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - A multicentre cross-sectional study was conducted to assess perceived risk and fear of contagion, as well as mental health outcomes among 650 Italian healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak. A relevant proportion of the sample reported symptoms of anxiety, depression, and distress. Female sex, nursing profession, fear of being infected, as well as the time of exposure to the COVID-19 spread and the fact of directly attending infected patients were the main risk factors for developing mental health disturbances. Tailored interventions need to be implemented to reduce psychological burden in healthcare workers, with a particular attention to nurses.
AB - A multicentre cross-sectional study was conducted to assess perceived risk and fear of contagion, as well as mental health outcomes among 650 Italian healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak. A relevant proportion of the sample reported symptoms of anxiety, depression, and distress. Female sex, nursing profession, fear of being infected, as well as the time of exposure to the COVID-19 spread and the fact of directly attending infected patients were the main risk factors for developing mental health disturbances. Tailored interventions need to be implemented to reduce psychological burden in healthcare workers, with a particular attention to nurses.
U2 - 10.1016/j.apnu.2020.10.007
DO - 10.1016/j.apnu.2020.10.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 33280678
VL - 34
SP - 537
EP - 544
JO - Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
JF - Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
SN - 0883-9417
IS - 6
ER -