在COVID-19爆发期间,精神卫生保健工作者的创伤后压力症状在COVID-19爆发期间
Allison K Human1, Nadira Vahed1, Belinda Marais1
1Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
概括
在COVID-19期间,精神卫生保健工作者 (MHCW) 经历了显著的创伤后压力症状 (PTSS). 护理专业人员受到影响最大,突出了为弱势群体加强员工健康计划的需要.
科学领域:
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 职业健康心理学 职业健康心理学
- 创伤的流行病学 创伤的流行病学
背景情况:
- 医疗保健工作者在疾病爆发期间面临重大压力因素,可能导致严重的心理健康问题.
- 现有的研究主要集中在前线医务人员身上,对精神卫生保健工作者 (MHCW) 的数据有限.
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,MHCW的心理健康状况仍然未得到充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 调查MHCW中创伤后压力症状 (PTSS) 的流行情况.
- 在COVID-19大流行期间识别与MHCW中PTSS相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 在南非Gauteng的四个学术医院进行的横截面研究.
- 简单的随机抽样用于招募120名MHCW进行结构化面试.
- 使用了人口调查问卷,DSM-5的PTSD检查清单和简短的弹性应对量表.
主要成果:
- 在MHCW中观察到PTSS的患病率为11.7%.
- 医疗护士的职业是PTSS的重要预测因素 (p=0.046),护士是受影响最大的群体.
- 社会人口统计学,就业,COVID-19相关因素和应对技巧并没有预测PTSS.
结论:
- 在MHCW中发现PTSS的患病率较高,与其职业角色有很大关系.
- 建议包括加强员工健康计划,以增强心理健康和弹性,特别是弱势员工.
- 这项研究提供了对PTSS患病率和COVID-19后MHCW中贡献因素的关键见解.
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