Experiences and management of physician psychological symptoms during infectious disease outbreaks: a rapid review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians experienced unprecedented levels of burnout. The uncertainty of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic along with increased workload and difficult medical triage decisions may lead to a further decline in physician psychological health.

Methods

We searched Medline, EMBASE, and PsycINFO for primary research from database inception (Medline [1946], EMBASE [1974], PsycINFO [1806]) to November 17, 2020. Titles and abstracts were screened by one of three reviewers and full-text article screening and data abstraction were conducted independently, and in duplicate, by three reviewers.

Results

From 6223 unique citations, 480 articles were reviewed in full-text, with 193 studies (of 90,499 physicians) included in the final review. S

SUBMITTER: Fiest KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7875435 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature