Health service and psychotropic medication use for mental health conditions among healthcare workers active during the Spain Covid-19 Pandemic - A prospective cohort study using web-based surveys

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Little is known about healthcare workers' (HCW) use of healthcare services for mental disorders. This study presents data from a 16-month prospective cohort study of Spanish HCW (n = 4,809), recruited shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic onset, and assessed at four timepoints using web-based surveys. Use of health services among HCW with mental health conditions (i.e., those having a positive screen for mental disorders and/or suicidal thoughts and behaviours [STB]) was initially low (i.e., 18.2 %) but increased to 29.6 % at 16-month follow-up. Service use was positively associated with pre-pandemic mental health treatment (OR=1.99), a positive screen for major depressive disorder (OR=1.50), panic attacks (OR=1.74), suicidal thoughts and behaviours (OR=1.22), and experiencing severe role impairment (OR=1.33), and negatively associated with being female (OR = 0.69) and a higher daily number of work hours (OR=0.95). Around 30 % of HCW with mental health conditions used anxiolytics (benzodiazepines), especially medical doctors. Four out of ten HCW (39.0 %) with mental health conditions indicated a need for (additional) help, with most important barriers for service use being too ashamed, long waiting lists, and professional treatment not being available. Our findings delineate a clear mental health treatment gap among Spanish HCW.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:334

Enthalten in:

Psychiatry research - 334(2024) vom: 22. März, Seite 115800

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mortier, Philippe [VerfasserIn]
Vilagut, Gemma [VerfasserIn]
García-Mieres, Helena [VerfasserIn]
Alayo, Itxaso [VerfasserIn]
Ferrer, Montse [VerfasserIn]
Amigo, Franco [VerfasserIn]
Aragonès, Enric [VerfasserIn]
Aragón-Peña, Andrés [VerfasserIn]
Asúnsolo Del Barco, Ángel [VerfasserIn]
Campos, Mireia [VerfasserIn]
Espuga, Meritxell [VerfasserIn]
González-Pinto, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Haro, Josep M [VerfasserIn]
López Fresneña, Nieves [VerfasserIn]
Martínez de Salázar, Alma D [VerfasserIn]
Molina, Juan D [VerfasserIn]
Ortí-Lucas, Rafael M [VerfasserIn]
Parellada, Mara [VerfasserIn]
Pelayo-Terán, José Maria [VerfasserIn]
Pérez-Gómez, Beatriz [VerfasserIn]
Pérez-Zapata, Aurora [VerfasserIn]
Pijoan, José Ignasio [VerfasserIn]
Plana, Nieves [VerfasserIn]
Polentinos-Castro, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Portillo-Van Diest, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Puig, Teresa [VerfasserIn]
Rius, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Sanz, Ferran [VerfasserIn]
Serra, Consol [VerfasserIn]
Urreta-Barallobre, Iratxe [VerfasserIn]
Kessler, Ronald C [VerfasserIn]
Bruffaerts, Ronny [VerfasserIn]
Vieta, Eduard [VerfasserIn]
Pérez-Solá, Víctor [VerfasserIn]
Alonso, Jordi [VerfasserIn]
MINDCOVID Working group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Attempted suicide
Cohort study
Health care surveys
Journal Article
Mental disorders
Prospective study
Suicidal ideation
Treatments

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Date Completed 19.03.2024

Date Revised 19.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115800

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368771539