
Frontiers in Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15
Published: Oct. 28, 2024
Background Mental health symptoms such as anxiety, depression, stress, and burnout are common among healthcare workers. However, the interconnections them remain under-explored. This study aimed to address interrelationships these in psychiatric nurses. Methods We conducted a nationwide survey early stage of COVID-19 pandemic (January March 2021) investigate interconnectedness Using network analysis, we identified central symptoms, important bridge correlations symptoms. Results Of 9,224 nurses (79.2% female) included statistical analyses, 27.6% reported clinically significant 31.2% 14.5% 23.8% burnout. Network analysis revealed that stress had highest expected influence (EI) value (0.920) strength all nodes. The node for depression scored both closeness betweenness. Emotional exhaustion (EE) (BEI) 0.340, with strongest intergroup association between EE depression. No differences were found gender or frontline work experience (all p > 0.05). Conclusions Burnout, relatively context pandemic. While anxiety was most prevalent, emerged core symptom, an bridging node. Interventions targeting nodes may improve mental
Language: Английский