Mental health of healthcare workers during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands: a longitudinal study.
| Autor: | van der Noordt M; Department of Public Health Foresight, Center for Health and Society, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands., Proper KI; Department Behaviour & Health, Center for Prevention, Lifestyle and Health, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands.; Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.; Societal Participation and Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands., Loef B; Department Behaviour & Health, Center for Prevention, Lifestyle and Health, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands., Boot CRL; Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.; Societal Participation and Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands.; Work, Health and Performance, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands., Kroese FM; Department Behaviour & Health, Center for Prevention, Lifestyle and Health, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands.; Department of Social, Health, and Organizational Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands., de Bruin M; Department Behaviour & Health, Center for Prevention, Lifestyle and Health, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands.; IQ Healthcare, Institute of Health Sciences, Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, Netherlands., van Oostrom SH; Department Behaviour & Health, Center for Prevention, Lifestyle and Health, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in public health [Front Public Health] 2023 Nov 23; Vol. 11, pp. 1224112. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 23 (Print Publication: 2023). |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1224112 |
| Abstrakt: | Purpose: In March 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Previous virus outbreaks, such as the SARS outbreak in 2003, appeared to have a great impact on the mental health of healthcare workers. The aim of this study is to examine to what extent mental health of healthcare workers differed from non-healthcare workers during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We used data from a large-scale longitudinal online survey conducted by the Corona Behavioral Unit in the Netherlands. Eleven measurement rounds were analyzed, from April 2020 to March 2021 ( N = 16,615; number of observations = 64,206). Mental health, as measured by the 5-item Mental Health Inventory, was compared between healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers over time, by performing linear GEE-analyses. Results: Mental health scores were higher among healthcare workers compared to non-healthcare workers during the first year of the pandemic (1.29 on a 0-100 scale, 95%-CI = 0.75-1.84). During peak periods of the pandemic, with over 100 hospital admissions or over 25 ICU admissions per day and subsequently more restrictive measures, mental health scores were observed to be lower in both healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers. Conclusion: During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we observed no relevant difference in mental health between healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers in the Netherlands. To be better prepared for another pandemic, future research should investigate which factors hinder and which factors support healthcare workers to maintain a good mental health. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2023 van der Noordt, Proper, Loef, Boot, Kroese, de Bruin and van Oostrom.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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