Investigating the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers : A Meta-Analysis

Previous meta-analyses were conducted during the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, which utilized a smaller pool of data. The current meta-analysis aims to provide additional (and updated) evidence related to the psychological impact among healthcare workers. The search strategy was developed by a medical librarian and bibliographical databases, including Medline, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Scopus were searched for studies examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological health of healthcare workers. Articles were screened by three reviewers. Heterogeneity among studies was assessed by I2 statistic. The random-effects model was utilized to obtain the pooled prevalence. A subgroup analysis by region, gender, quality of study, assessment methods, healthcare profession, and exposure was performed. Publication bias was assessed by Funnel plot and Egger linear regression test. Sixty-five studies met the inclusion criteria and the total sample constituted 79,437 participants. The pooled prevalence of anxiety, depression, stress, post-traumatic stress syndrome, insomnia, psychological distress, and burnout was 34.4%, 31.8%, 40.3%, 11.4%, 27.8%, 46.1%, and 37.4% respectively. The subgroup analysis indicated higher anxiety and depression prevalence among females, nurses, and frontline responders than males, doctors, and second-line healthcare workers. This study highlights the need for designing a targeted intervention to improve resilience and foster post-traumatic growth among frontline responders.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

International journal of environmental research and public health - 17(2020), 23 vom: 05. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Batra, Kavita [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Tejinder Pal [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Manoj [VerfasserIn]
Batra, Ravi [VerfasserIn]
Schvaneveldt, Nena [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anxiety
Burnout
COVID-19
Depression
Fatigue
Insomnia
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Post-traumatic stress syndrome
Psychological
SARS-COV-2
Stress

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.12.2020

Date Revised 30.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijerph17239096

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318571110