Traumatic stress symptoms among Spanish healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate the occurrence of traumatic stress symptoms (TSS) among healthcare workers active during the COVID-19 pandemic and to obtain insight as to which pandemic-related stressful experiences are associated with onset and persistence of traumatic stress.

Methods

This is a multicenter prospective cohort study. Spanish healthcare workers (N = 4,809) participated at an initial assessment (i.e., just after the first wave of the Spain COVID-19 pandemic) and at a 4-month follow-up assessment using web-based surveys. Logistic regression investigated associations of 19 pandemic-related stressful experiences across four domains (infection-related, work-related, health-related and financial) with TSS prevalence, incidence and persistence, including simulations of pop

SUBMITTER: Portillo-Van Diest A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10465320 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature