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Impact of Covid-19 on mental health of Portuguese health professionals – longitudinal study, phase I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

D. Machado ,
A. Borges  and
C. Laureano
D. Machado*
Affiliation:
Leiria Health Center, Psychiatry And Mental Health, Leiria, Portugal
A. Borges
Affiliation:
Leiria Health Center, Psychiatry And Mental Health, Leiria, Portugal
C. Laureano
Affiliation:
Leiria Health Center, Psychiatry And Mental Health, Leiria, Portugal
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The Covid-19 pandemic brought enormous challenges for health professionals. As in past epidemics, the uncertainty, danger and fear of contamination and an excessive load of work under dramatic conditions may contribute to aggravate the mental health of health professionals.

Objectives

Explore how the Covid-19 crisis impacted the mental health of healthcare workers and how their mental status relates with perspectives on the recent past and near future.

Methods

A longitudinal study will be applied in two phases, Q1 and Q2, one year apart, to evaluate depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress among health professionals from a healthcare center in Portugal. Phase Q1 is concluded and comprised the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), the Impact of Event Scale – Revised (IES-R) and a questionnaire about the past and the future.

Results

The IES-R scale revealed that nurses are at a higher risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than other professionals. The levels of depression and anxiety in the DASS-21 show no significant differences. Interestingly, professionals who worked almost exclusively at inpatient wards show higher levels of depression, anxiety and stress than those who worked at several hospital units (emergency, inpatient and outpatient units). A positive correlation was found between depression and anxiety and negative perspectives about the past and the future.

Conclusions

Covid-19 posed a terrible challenge for health professionals. Its impact on the mental health of healthcare workers may be significant even after the pandemic is under control.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

health professionalsCovid-19Impact on mental health
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S499
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