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Maciej Debski1, Hesham K Abdelaziz, Jo Sanderson
1Division of Medicine, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, Blackpool, UK (Dr Debski, Dr Abdelaziz, Dr Assaf, Dr Wiper, Dr Nabi, Dr Abdelrahman, Dr Eichhofer, Dr Goode, Dr Patel, Dr Galasko, Dr More, Dr Chalil, and Dr Choudhury); Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK (Dr Debski); Clinical Psychology Team, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, Blackpool, UK (Dr Sanderson); Occupational Health, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, Blackpool, UK (Ms Wild); Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Preston, UK (Dr Skailes and Dr Kumar); Trust Executive Team, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, Blackpool, UK (Dr Gardner, Dr Goode and Mr Moynes); Adult Eating Disorders Service, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust, UK (Dr Pathan); Research and Development, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, Blackpool, UK (Ms Taylor).
Objective:
To ascertain the level of psychological distress, using validated psychology tools, among British National healthcare workers (HCW) during the first wave of the Covid-19 crisis.
Methods:
A multi-centre, anonymized, all-comer staff survey across 3 hospitals in Lancashire, England during the Covid-19 first wave (April to June 2020), consisting of Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), and Impact of Events Scale (IES-6).
Results:
Among 1113 HCW, median (IQR) PHQ-9, GAD-7, PSS-10, and IES-6 score was 7 (3 to 11), 6 (3 to 11), 19 (13 to 24), and 9 (5 to 14), respectively. Potential predictors of higher levels of psychological distress included living alone, disabled dependents, history of depression/anxiety, and being female.
Conclusions:
The study indicates a high prevalence of psychological distress during the acute Covid-19 period among HCW, identifies groups at risk and areas of future research.
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