Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stress, resilience and depression in health professionals: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stress, resilience and depression in health professionals from a public hospital in Barcelona, Spain after the first peak of pandemic.

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic in Spain has pushed boundaries in health systems and, especially, for health professionals. Analysis of resilience as an individual resource and it is essential to understand the mechanisms that make staff react unfavourably to stressors caused by the pandemic.

Design

A descriptive cross-sectional study was designed.

Participants

Health professionals supervised by the nursing department, including registered nurses, health care assistants, health technicians, final year nurse student nurses, foreign nurses, and other nurse-related health work

SUBMITTER: Manzanares I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8242605 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature