Increased risk of health professionals to feel traumatized during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sci Rep
; 11(1): 18286, 2021 09 14.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1410884
ABSTRACT
Health professionals may be a vulnerable group to posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. To investigate how health professionals who experienced a traumatic event are expressing PTSS and factors related to risk for higher PTSS symptomatology can inform how health professionals are facing their role in this crisis. This was an Internet cross-sectional survey. Participants were 49,767 Brazilian health professionals who have ever faced a traumatic event, which was about 25.9% of an initial sample of health professionals. PTSS symptoms were assessed using the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) and latent profile analysis (LPA) explored subpopulations within participants based on their scores. Distinct profiles were compared for psychological distress (e.g., depression and anxiety) and quality of life. Multinomial logistic regression analysis was conducted to investigate the relationship between IES-R profiles and COVID-19 related experiences, thoughts, and perceptions. A two-profile model was the most appropriate for the IES-R data pointing out a group with a high level of PTSS (named high-PTSS; n = 10,401, 20.9%) and another expressing a low level of symptoms (named low-PTSS; n = 39,366, 79.1%). The high-PTSS profile demonstrated worse psychological scores (global psychological distress, somatization, depression, and anxiety) and worse quality of life (physical, psychological, social, and environmental) with moderate magnitudes. Small but significant predictors of the high-PTSS profile included sociodemographic characteristics and COVID-19 related experiences, thoughts, and perceptions. Most individuals who experienced a traumatic event were not in the high-PTSS profile. For those who were, however, psychological and quality of life measures were much worse. During the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, several characteristics emerged as risks to report trauma.
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Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos
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Pessoal de Saúde
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
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Pesquisa qualitativa
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Ensaios controlados aleatorizados
Tópicos:
Covid persistente
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Meia-Idade
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Sci Rep
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
S41598-021-97783-6
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