Professional quality of life and psychopathological symptoms among first-line healthcare workers facing COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory study in an Italian southern hospital
# Background The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the mental health of healthcare workers, who have taken on the major problems triggered by the emergency. The mental consequences concern high levels of insomnia, anxiety, depression and burnout, which inevitably affect their professiona...
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| author | Simone Varrasi Claudia Savia Guerrera Giuseppe Alessio Platania Sabrina Castellano Concetta Pirrone Pasquale Caponnetto Costanza Nicolosi Francesca Insanguine Emanuela Greco Mariacatena Perrone Carmen Pulvirenti Diletta Randazzo Gabriele Ferro Maurizio Consoli Santo Di Nuovo |
| author_facet | Simone Varrasi Claudia Savia Guerrera Giuseppe Alessio Platania Sabrina Castellano Concetta Pirrone Pasquale Caponnetto Costanza Nicolosi Francesca Insanguine Emanuela Greco Mariacatena Perrone Carmen Pulvirenti Diletta Randazzo Gabriele Ferro Maurizio Consoli Santo Di Nuovo |
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| description | # Background
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the mental health of healthcare workers, who have taken on the major problems triggered by the emergency. The mental consequences concern high levels of insomnia, anxiety, depression and burnout, which inevitably affect their professional quality of life too.
# Objective
The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between psychopathological symptoms (tested with the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, DASS-21) and professional quality of life (measured with the Professional Quality of Life Scale, ProQol) in a hospital of southern Italy.
# Methods
204 healthcare workers were recruited by non-probabilistic sampling and divided by age, gender, work roles (physicians, nurses and intermediate care technicians) and clinical departments (Cardio-medicine, Infectious Diseases, Emergency Medicine, First Aid, Obstetrics and Pneumology).
# Results
The results showed higher levels of Secondary Traumatic Stress, Depression, Anxiety and Stress in women than in men. Physicians and nurses experienced lower levels of Compassion Satisfaction but higher Burnout than intermediate care technicians; likewise, nurses were more anxious than physicians. The Emergency Medicine had higher scores in Compassion Satisfaction than Infectious Disease, Pneumology, Obstetrics and Cardio-Medicine.
# Conclusion
In light of what has been said so far, it appears essential to intervene on the first mild signs of Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress, because they precede the onset of Depression, Stress and Anxiety in healthcare workers. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ef845b38e074475cb3aa3056720142712025-02-11T20:30:39ZengOpen Medical PublishingHealth Psychology Research2420-81242023-01-0111Professional quality of life and psychopathological symptoms among first-line healthcare workers facing COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory study in an Italian southern hospitalSimone VarrasiClaudia Savia GuerreraGiuseppe Alessio PlataniaSabrina CastellanoConcetta PirronePasquale CaponnettoCostanza NicolosiFrancesca InsanguineEmanuela GrecoMariacatena PerroneCarmen PulvirentiDiletta RandazzoGabriele FerroMaurizio ConsoliSanto Di Nuovo# Background The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the mental health of healthcare workers, who have taken on the major problems triggered by the emergency. The mental consequences concern high levels of insomnia, anxiety, depression and burnout, which inevitably affect their professional quality of life too. # Objective The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between psychopathological symptoms (tested with the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, DASS-21) and professional quality of life (measured with the Professional Quality of Life Scale, ProQol) in a hospital of southern Italy. # Methods 204 healthcare workers were recruited by non-probabilistic sampling and divided by age, gender, work roles (physicians, nurses and intermediate care technicians) and clinical departments (Cardio-medicine, Infectious Diseases, Emergency Medicine, First Aid, Obstetrics and Pneumology). # Results The results showed higher levels of Secondary Traumatic Stress, Depression, Anxiety and Stress in women than in men. Physicians and nurses experienced lower levels of Compassion Satisfaction but higher Burnout than intermediate care technicians; likewise, nurses were more anxious than physicians. The Emergency Medicine had higher scores in Compassion Satisfaction than Infectious Disease, Pneumology, Obstetrics and Cardio-Medicine. # Conclusion In light of what has been said so far, it appears essential to intervene on the first mild signs of Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress, because they precede the onset of Depression, Stress and Anxiety in healthcare workers.https://doi.org/10.52965/001c.67961 |
| spellingShingle | Simone Varrasi Claudia Savia Guerrera Giuseppe Alessio Platania Sabrina Castellano Concetta Pirrone Pasquale Caponnetto Costanza Nicolosi Francesca Insanguine Emanuela Greco Mariacatena Perrone Carmen Pulvirenti Diletta Randazzo Gabriele Ferro Maurizio Consoli Santo Di Nuovo Professional quality of life and psychopathological symptoms among first-line healthcare workers facing COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory study in an Italian southern hospital Health Psychology Research |
| title | Professional quality of life and psychopathological symptoms among first-line healthcare workers facing COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory study in an Italian southern hospital |
| title_full | Professional quality of life and psychopathological symptoms among first-line healthcare workers facing COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory study in an Italian southern hospital |
| title_fullStr | Professional quality of life and psychopathological symptoms among first-line healthcare workers facing COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory study in an Italian southern hospital |
| title_full_unstemmed | Professional quality of life and psychopathological symptoms among first-line healthcare workers facing COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory study in an Italian southern hospital |
| title_short | Professional quality of life and psychopathological symptoms among first-line healthcare workers facing COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory study in an Italian southern hospital |
| title_sort | professional quality of life and psychopathological symptoms among first line healthcare workers facing covid 19 pandemic an exploratory study in an italian southern hospital |
| url | https://doi.org/10.52965/001c.67961 |
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