TY - JOUR
PY - 2021//
TI - El impacto de la pandemia de COVID-19 en la salud mental de los trabajadores de la salud en Chile: datos iniciales de The Health Care Workers Study
JO - Revista Medica de Chile
A1 - Alvarado, Rubén
A1 - Ramirez, Jorge
A1 - Lanio, Italo
A1 - Cortés, Margarita
A1 - Aguirre, Joantoniarge
A1 - Bedregal, Paula
A1 - Allel, Kasim
A1 - Tapia-Munoz, Thamara
A1 - Burrone, María Soledad
A1 - Cuadra-Malinarich, Gonzalo
A1 - Goycolea, Rodrigo
A1 - Mascayano, Franco
A1 - Sapag, Jaime
A1 - Schilling, Sara
A1 - Soto, Gonzalo
A1 - Traub, Carolina
A1 - Villarroel, Sebastián
A1 - Alarcãn, Sebastián
SP - 1205
EP - 1214
VL - 149
IS - 8
N2 - BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers' mental health was affected by SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
AIM: To evaluate healthcare workers' mental health and its associated factors during the pandemic in Chile. Material and Methods: An online self-reported questionnaire was designed including the Goldberg Health Questionnaire, the Patient Health Questionnaire, (PHQ-9), and the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale among other questions. It was sent to 28,038 healthcare workers.
RESULTS: The questionnaire was answered by 1,934 participants, with a median age of 38 years (74% women). Seventy five percent were professionals, and 48% worked at a hospital. Fifty nine percent of respondents had a risk of having a mental health disorder, and 73% had depressive symptoms. Significant associations were found with sex, workplace, and some of the relevant experiences during the pandemic. Fifty one percent reported the need for mental health support, and 38% of them received it.
CONCLUSIONS: There is a high percentage of health workers with symptoms of psychological distress, depression, and suicidal ideas. The gender approach is essential to understand the important differences found. Many health workers who required mental health care did not seek or received it. Language: es
LA - es
SN - 0034-9887
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/s0034-98872021000801205
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