Psychological Impact in Healthcare Workers During Emergencies: The Italian Experience With COVID-19 First Wave.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 outbreak imposed an overwhelming workload as well as emotional burdens on Healthcare workers (HCWs). In May 2020, an online survey was administered to HCWs in Italy to assess the pandemic's psychological impact and to investigate possible predictive factors that led to individual differences.

Methods

The psychological experience was measured based on the prevalence of self-reported feelings during the pandemic, including negative and positive emotional states. We analyzed the relationship between factors of gender, age, geographic region, professional role, and operational unit, and the four-point scale used to rate the frequency of each emotional state experienced by performing several multinomial logistic regressions, one for each emotion.

Result

SUBMITTER: Pisanu E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8977468 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature