Mental Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Long-Term Exposure in Italian Dermatologists
The present study aimed at assessing the consequences of prolonged exposure to COVID-19 distress on mental health in non-frontline health care workers. For this purpose, we have conducted a survey on 425 Italian dermatologists, in the period February–March 2021. The psychopathological symptoms, depr...
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oai:doaj.org-article:4b57b83629694f469264d791b80815cc2021-11-11T16:23:27ZMental Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Long-Term Exposure in Italian Dermatologists10.3390/ijerph1821112391660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/4b57b83629694f469264d791b80815cc2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11239https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601The present study aimed at assessing the consequences of prolonged exposure to COVID-19 distress on mental health in non-frontline health care workers. For this purpose, we have conducted a survey on 425 Italian dermatologists, in the period February–March 2021. The psychopathological symptoms, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSD), as well as resilience, have been evaluated. The main factors that influence the physician’s psychological health have been also investigated. Our study showed that the physicians older than 40 years, as well as those who lived this period in company, reported more personal resources, better managing the distress. Resilience, COVID-19 beliefs, COVID-19 working difficulties, and age were the common predictors of the severe psychopathological symptoms. An interesting result is that the lower level of resilience was the most powerful predictor of a more severe depression, as well as of a higher severity of generalized anxiety disorder, but not of COVID-19 PTSD. The fear of COVID-19 was the most powerful predictor of COVID-19 PTSD. Home conditions and previous SARS-CoV2 infection constituted significant predictors of severe depressive symptoms, but not of anxiety and COVID-19 PTSD. These results are useful in a better understanding of protective and risk factors involved in COVID-19 long-term distress exposure.Cristina Ciuluvica (Neagu)Giulio GualdiMarco Dal CantonFabrizio FantiniAndrea ParadisiPaolo SbanoMarco SimonacciDaniele DusiGian Marco VezzoniCarmine D’AcuntoMaurizio LombardoMalvina ZanchiZucchi AlfredoKlaus EisendleFrancesca PrignanoPaolo AmerioMDPI AGarticleCOVID-19depressionanxietypost-traumatic distressresilienceMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11239, p 11239 (2021) |
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The present study aimed at assessing the consequences of prolonged exposure to COVID-19 distress on mental health in non-frontline health care workers. For this purpose, we have conducted a survey on 425 Italian dermatologists, in the period February–March 2021. The psychopathological symptoms, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSD), as well as resilience, have been evaluated. The main factors that influence the physician’s psychological health have been also investigated. Our study showed that the physicians older than 40 years, as well as those who lived this period in company, reported more personal resources, better managing the distress. Resilience, COVID-19 beliefs, COVID-19 working difficulties, and age were the common predictors of the severe psychopathological symptoms. An interesting result is that the lower level of resilience was the most powerful predictor of a more severe depression, as well as of a higher severity of generalized anxiety disorder, but not of COVID-19 PTSD. The fear of COVID-19 was the most powerful predictor of COVID-19 PTSD. Home conditions and previous SARS-CoV2 infection constituted significant predictors of severe depressive symptoms, but not of anxiety and COVID-19 PTSD. These results are useful in a better understanding of protective and risk factors involved in COVID-19 long-term distress exposure. |
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Cristina Ciuluvica (Neagu) Giulio Gualdi Marco Dal Canton Fabrizio Fantini Andrea Paradisi Paolo Sbano Marco Simonacci Daniele Dusi Gian Marco Vezzoni Carmine D’Acunto Maurizio Lombardo Malvina Zanchi Zucchi Alfredo Klaus Eisendle Francesca Prignano Paolo Amerio |
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Cristina Ciuluvica (Neagu) Giulio Gualdi Marco Dal Canton Fabrizio Fantini Andrea Paradisi Paolo Sbano Marco Simonacci Daniele Dusi Gian Marco Vezzoni Carmine D’Acunto Maurizio Lombardo Malvina Zanchi Zucchi Alfredo Klaus Eisendle Francesca Prignano Paolo Amerio |
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Cristina Ciuluvica (Neagu) |
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Mental Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Long-Term Exposure in Italian Dermatologists |
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Mental Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Long-Term Exposure in Italian Dermatologists |
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Mental Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Long-Term Exposure in Italian Dermatologists |
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Mental Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Long-Term Exposure in Italian Dermatologists |
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Mental Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Long-Term Exposure in Italian Dermatologists |
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mental health consequences of the covid-19 pandemic long-term exposure in italian dermatologists |
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