Stress and depressive symptoms among Italian mental health nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic, a cross-sectional study
| Autor: | Giovanni Napoli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Cross-sectional study Stress Logistic regression Article Stress (linguistics) Pandemic medicine Humans Statistical analysis Psychiatry Pandemics Depressive symptoms Depressive Disorder Major Nurse Depression SARS-CoV-2 business.industry COVID-19 Mental health Cross-Sectional Studies Mental Health Female Pshychiatric Mental Health business |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Psychiatric Nursing |
| ISSN: | 0883-9417 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.apnu.2021.11.002 |
| Popis: | This study used the cross-sectional web survey methodology to assess how the COVID-19 pandemic affected Italian psychiatric nurses in terms of stress levels and depressive symptoms. A total of 266 nurses belonging to the Italian Mental Health Departments were interviewed and they were subjected to two validated scales respectively PSS-10 (for the evaluation of stress) and PHQ-9 (for the evaluation of depressive symptoms). Statistical analysis showed moderate stress levels and a prevalence of sub-threshold (borderline) depressive symptoms among responding nurses. Logistic regression analysis reported that frontline nurses on COVID-19 positive patients are at greater risk of reporting higher levels of stress and major depressive symptoms, as are female nurses and juvenile nurses. age. Monitoring and managing the psychological well-being of nursing staff are to be considered among the priorities of mental health service managers and are part of a process that aims to increase individual and organizational well-being but above all to improve the outcomes resulting from assistance. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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