COVID-19 pandemic and health worker stress: The mediating effect of emotional regulation.

<h4>Background/introduction</h4>Psychological and physical well-being of health personnel has been significantly affected by COVID-19. Work overload and continuous exposure to positive COVID-19 cases have caused them fatigue, stress, anxiety, insomnia and other detriments. This research...

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Autores principales:	Zoilo Emilio García-Batista, Kiero Guerra-Peña, Vahid Nouri Kandany, María Isabel Marte, Luis Eduardo Garrido, Luisa Marilia Cantisano-Guzmán, Luciana Moretti, Leonardo Adrián Medrano
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b8f41ac3c4b24080b8b60a8e2ceb803c2021-12-02T20:16:10ZCOVID-19 pandemic and health worker stress: The mediating effect of emotional regulation.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0259013https://doaj.org/article/b8f41ac3c4b24080b8b60a8e2ceb803c2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259013https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background/introduction</h4>Psychological and physical well-being of health personnel has been significantly affected by COVID-19. Work overload and continuous exposure to positive COVID-19 cases have caused them fatigue, stress, anxiety, insomnia and other detriments. This research aims: 1) to analyze whether the use of cognitive reevaluation and emotional suppression strategies decreases and increases, respectively, stress levels of health personnel; 2) to quantify the impact of contact with patients with COVID-19 on stress levels of medical staff.<h4>Method</h4>Emotion regulation strategies (cognitive reevaluation and emotional expression) and stress levels were evaluated in 155 Dominican physicians who were treating people infected with COVID-19 at the moment of the study (67.9% women and 32.1% men; mean age = 34.89; SD = 9.26). In addition, a questionnaire created by the researchers quantified the impact that contact with those infected had on their stress levels.<h4>Results</h4>Contact with patients with COVID-19 predicts increased use of emotion suppression strategies, although is not associated with the use of cognitive reevaluation. These findings lead to an even greater increase in stress on health care providers.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Contextual contingencies demand immediate responses and may not allow health personnel to use cognitive re-evaluation strategies, leaning more towards emotion suppression. However, findings regarding high levels of stress require the implementation of intervention programs focused on the promotion of more functional emotion regulation strategies. Such programs may reduce current stress and prevent post-traumatic symptoms.Zoilo Emilio García-BatistaKiero Guerra-PeñaVahid Nouri KandanyMaría Isabel MarteLuis Eduardo GarridoLuisa Marilia Cantisano-GuzmánLuciana MorettiLeonardo Adrián MedranoPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11, p e0259013 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Zoilo Emilio García-Batista Kiero Guerra-Peña Vahid Nouri Kandany María Isabel Marte Luis Eduardo Garrido Luisa Marilia Cantisano-Guzmán Luciana Moretti Leonardo Adrián Medrano COVID-19 pandemic and health worker stress: The mediating effect of emotional regulation.
description	<h4>Background/introduction</h4>Psychological and physical well-being of health personnel has been significantly affected by COVID-19. Work overload and continuous exposure to positive COVID-19 cases have caused them fatigue, stress, anxiety, insomnia and other detriments. This research aims: 1) to analyze whether the use of cognitive reevaluation and emotional suppression strategies decreases and increases, respectively, stress levels of health personnel; 2) to quantify the impact of contact with patients with COVID-19 on stress levels of medical staff.<h4>Method</h4>Emotion regulation strategies (cognitive reevaluation and emotional expression) and stress levels were evaluated in 155 Dominican physicians who were treating people infected with COVID-19 at the moment of the study (67.9% women and 32.1% men; mean age = 34.89; SD = 9.26). In addition, a questionnaire created by the researchers quantified the impact that contact with those infected had on their stress levels.<h4>Results</h4>Contact with patients with COVID-19 predicts increased use of emotion suppression strategies, although is not associated with the use of cognitive reevaluation. These findings lead to an even greater increase in stress on health care providers.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Contextual contingencies demand immediate responses and may not allow health personnel to use cognitive re-evaluation strategies, leaning more towards emotion suppression. However, findings regarding high levels of stress require the implementation of intervention programs focused on the promotion of more functional emotion regulation strategies. Such programs may reduce current stress and prevent post-traumatic symptoms.
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author	Zoilo Emilio García-Batista Kiero Guerra-Peña Vahid Nouri Kandany María Isabel Marte Luis Eduardo Garrido Luisa Marilia Cantisano-Guzmán Luciana Moretti Leonardo Adrián Medrano
author_facet	Zoilo Emilio García-Batista Kiero Guerra-Peña Vahid Nouri Kandany María Isabel Marte Luis Eduardo Garrido Luisa Marilia Cantisano-Guzmán Luciana Moretti Leonardo Adrián Medrano
author_sort	Zoilo Emilio García-Batista
title	COVID-19 pandemic and health worker stress: The mediating effect of emotional regulation.
title_short	COVID-19 pandemic and health worker stress: The mediating effect of emotional regulation.
title_full	COVID-19 pandemic and health worker stress: The mediating effect of emotional regulation.
title_fullStr	COVID-19 pandemic and health worker stress: The mediating effect of emotional regulation.
title_full_unstemmed	COVID-19 pandemic and health worker stress: The mediating effect of emotional regulation.
title_sort	covid-19 pandemic and health worker stress: the mediating effect of emotional regulation.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/b8f41ac3c4b24080b8b60a8e2ceb803c
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COVID-19 pandemic and health worker stress: The mediating effect of emotional regulation.

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