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Emotional impact on Spanish health professional because of the COVID19 crisis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

A. Alvarado Dafonte ,
L. Soldado Rodríguez  and
G. Ruiz Martinez
A. Alvarado Dafonte*
Affiliation:
Hospital Antequera, Usmc, Málaga, Spain
L. Soldado Rodríguez
Affiliation:
Hospital Jaén, Usmc, Jáen, Spain
G. Ruiz Martinez
Affiliation:
Hospital Jaén, Usmc, Jáen, Spain
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic has positioned health professionals around the world in an unprecedented situation, having to work in extreme conditions.

The reactions of healthcare personnel that concern us most are the negative psychological effects of the pandemic, such as exhaustion, moral injury, acute stress reactions, anxiety, depression or post- traumatic stress disorder.

Objectives

To assess the impact of the COVID19 crisis on mental health of Spanish health professionals during the start of the pandemic.

Methods

A descriptive, cross-sectional study is carried out, in which the population sample to be studied was the health professionals who responded to the online questionnaire designed to assess the emotional impact caused by the COVID-19 health crisis.

The questionnaire collects sociodemographic and labor data, which correspond to the independent variables of the study. The dependent variables correspond to the two scales used in the questionnaire (SAS and SASRQ scales)

Results

The population sample was 473 people.

Analyzing the results of the SAS scale, 26.5% of the sample had anxiety symptoms in a normal range, 44.3% had mild-moderate anxiety levels, 24.4% marked-severe anxiety and 4, 9% had extreme anxiety levels.

The SARQ questionnaire assesses the presence of an acute stress disorder. In our study, 31.6% of those surveyed had this type of disorder.

Conclusions

Immediate interventions and support for health professionals are essential to improve psychological resilience and avoid the appearance of mental health problems.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

Emotional impactHealth professionalCOVID19
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S263 - S264
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