COVID-19 negatively impacts on psychological and somatic status in frontline nurses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 has become a public health emergency based on its clinical characteristics. Previous studies demonstrated that the onset of a sudden and immediately life-threatening illness could lead to extraordinary amounts of psychological pressure on nurses who play an important role in the illness. Whether COVID-19 pandemic has greater impacts on the psychological status and somatic symptoms from nurses who stand in the frontline of this crisis remain unclear.

Methods

We evaluated post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and somatic symptoms in the frontline nurses (n = 438) who served in Wuhan, China, during COVID-19 crisis. Nurses who did not worked in the frontline of COVID-19 served as controls (n = 452). The investigation was processed by online questionn

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8286238 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature