Sleep problems during COVID-19 pandemic and its’ association to psychological distress: A systematic review and meta-analysis

EClinicalMedicine, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 36, P. 100916 - 100916

Published: June 1, 2021

Language: Английский

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Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building mental health

The Journal of Positive Psychology, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 17(3), P. 303 - 323

Published: Feb. 9, 2021

As the COVID-19 global health disaster continues to unfold across world, calls have been made address associated mental illness public crisis. The current paper seeks broaden these by considering role that positive psychology factors can play in buffering against illness, bolstering during and building processes capacities may help strengthen future health. explores evidence applications from nine topics support people through a pandemic: meaning, coping, self-compassion, courage, gratitude, character strengths, emotions, interpersonal high-quality connections. In times of intense crisis, such as COVID-19, it is understandable research heavily directed towards addressing ways which are wounded weakened. However, this need not come at expense also investigating sustained strengthened.

Language: Английский

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Sleep disturbances during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression

Sleep Medicine Reviews, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 62, P. 101591 - 101591

Published: Jan. 22, 2022

Language: Английский

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Stressful Life Events and Resilience During the COVID-19 Lockdown Measures in Italy: Association With Mental Health Outcomes and Age

Frontiers in Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: March 8, 2021

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic, due to its disproportionated higher morbidity and mortality rates in the older age, has been considered be a “geropandemic.” Several studies, however, have found that age is associated with lower psychological distress relation outbreak related lockdown measures. Aim: To explore role of Resilience as mediator between stressful life events depressive and, anxiety symptoms perceived stress, ascertain moderator mediator's effect. Methods: An on-line survey was spread through social networks during first Italy. Depressive stress were measured using Italian version Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire-7 (GAD-7) Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). for Adults (RSA). Stressful explored checklist derived from International Adjustment Questionnaire (IADQ). After preliminary panel linear regressions, mediation tested Structural Equation Modeling inspecting bootstrapped indirect effects. Afterwards, introduced effect moderated analysis. Results: Twenty one thousand three hundred thirty four subjects completed questionnaire, 17,178 (80.52%) female, 748 (3.5%) >60 years old. In whole sample, presence any event stress. mediated effects COVID-19-related on analysis revealed selected outcomes. Conclusion: Taken together, our results show moderates mediating relationship Older adults' less influenced by events, this could reasons accounting better mental health outcomes observed age.

Language: Английский

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GP wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review

British Journal of General Practice, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 72(718), P. e325 - e333

Published: Feb. 10, 2022

Background Doctors’ organisations in the UK have reported worrying levels of work-related stress and burnout GP workforce for some time, COVID-19 pandemic has presented clear new challenges. Aim To synthesise international evidence exploring impact on primary care doctors’ mental health wellbeing, identify risk factors associated with their psychological wellbeing during this time. Design setting Mixed-methods systematic review. Method Six bibliographic databases, Google Scholar, MedRxiv were searched 19 November 2020 3 June 2021 to studies pandemic. Reference checking was also conducted. Two reviewers selected studies, extracted data, assessed quality using standardised tools. Heterogeneity outcomes, setting, design prohibited statistical pooling; combined a convergent integrated thematic synthesis. Results Thirty-one included. Multiple sources identified including changed working practices; risk, exposure, inadequate personal protective equipment (PPE); information overload; preparedness; cohesion across sectors. Studies demonstrated an GPs experiencing stress, burnout, anxiety, depression, fear COVID-19, lower job satisfaction, physical symptoms. gender age differences: women had poorer outcomes all domains, older greater burnout. Use outcome measures reporting practice varied greatly. Conclusion This review demonstrates that adversely affected GPs’ around world. Further research could explore differences, identifying interventions targeted these groups.

Language: Английский

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Resilience in the age of COVID-19

BJPsych Advances, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 27(3), P. 166 - 178

Published: Feb. 17, 2021

SUMMARY Resilience is broadly defined as the ability to bounce back from adversity or trauma. Recent advances in resilience research have shifted away merely describing individual characteristics towards focusing on complex interactions between individuals and their dynamic personal, community cultural contexts. It clear that involves both neurobiological processes. Neurobiological contributions include genes, epigenetics, stress-response systems, immune system neural circuitry. Culture helps elucidate collective systems of belief accepted positive adaptations. Importantly, can also be affected by evidence-based interventions deliberate practice part individual. This review seeks understand a active process shaped profiles, developmental experiences, temporal contexts, practical training. uses COVID-19 pandemic case example better group responses tragedy. We suggest recommendations help populations around world cope recover global threat COVID-19.

Language: Английский

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Anxiety Linked to COVID-19: A Systematic Review Comparing Anxiety Rates in Different Populations

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 19(4), P. 2189 - 2189

Published: Feb. 15, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has incited a rise in anxiety, with uncertainty regarding the specific impacts and risk factors across multiple populations. A qualitative systematic review was conducted to investigate prevalence associations of anxiety different sample populations relation pandemic. Four databases were utilised search (Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO). period commenced April 2021 finalised on 5 July 2021. total 3537 studies identified which 87 included (sample size: 755,180). Healthcare workers had highest (36%), followed by university students (34.7%), general population (34%), teachers (27.2%), parents (23.3%), pregnant women (19.5%), police (8.79%). Risk such as being female, having pre-existing mental conditions, lower socioeconomic status, increased exposure infection, younger all contributed worsened anxiety. published before 2021; due ongoing nature pandemic, this may have excluded relevant papers. Restriction only English papers size > 1000 also limited range included. These findings identify groups who are most vulnerable developing what common

Language: Английский

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Healthcare Workers after Two Years of COVID-19: The Consequences of the Pandemic on Psychological Health and Sleep among Nurses and Physicians

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 20(2), P. 1410 - 1410

Published: Jan. 12, 2023

COVID-19 has challenged the health workforce worldwide. In this cross-sectional study with a retrospective assessment, we explored impact of pandemic on mental and sleep among sample Italian nurses medical doctors. A total 287 healthcare workers (212 75 physicians) completed web survey socio-demographic, psychological, sleep-related aspects referring to period before present February June 2022. Comparisons between physicians revealed that former had greater distress in response pandemic. Consistently, multivariate analysis covariance showed even if both groups were negatively impacted by pandemic, presented worsening over time regarding several psychological symptoms. Furthermore, observed working frontline represented an additional risk factor for nurses. line previous evidence, also found personal experiences are significant predictors current status. Our results underscore urgent need preventive programs operators increase their coping skills prevent long-term consequences chronic stress, especially high-risk professionals. Specific attention should be devoted improve quality reduce traumatic

Language: Английский

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Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on healthcare workers: systematic comparison between nurses and medical doctors

Current Opinion in Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 34(4), P. 413 - 419

Published: May 17, 2021

Purpose of review The COVID-19 outbreak has had major impact on individual's psychological health and overall well being worldwide. Evidence shows that these challenges are especially prominent in healthcare workers (HCW); nurses. Indeed, several studies report nurses suffer more psychologically because the consequences pandemic compared with medical doctors. To further look into this, we systematically recent literature to see whether differs between doctors across which aspects mental affected Recent findings Across studies, there is solid evidence show poorer outcomes during pandemic. This true for symptoms depression, anxiety posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Here, prevalence rates often higher than 50%. In contrast, general levels burnout seem be comparable Summary Given from PTSD pandemic, special programs addressing their needs required.

Language: Английский

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Impact of COVID‐19 on the mental health in a cohort of Italian rehabilitation healthcare workers

Journal of Medical Virology, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 94(1), P. 110 - 118

Published: Aug. 13, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a strong impact on healthcare workers (HCWs), affecting their physical and mental health. In Italy, HCWs have been among the first exposed to unprecedented pressure, dealing with large numbers of infections during wave. However, severe psychological consequences find little evidence in literature, especially terms comparison status quo ante pandemic. aim this study was provide an assessment health burden cohort Italian pandemic, comparing condition that before emergency, direct promotion well-being worldwide. retrospective study, we included physicians, therapists, nurses working Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Neurology Rehabilitation Unit from Southern Italy University Hospital. All participants underwent battery tests, aimed at verifying state emergency it. Depressive, anxiety, burnout symptoms were assessed using following questionnaires: Maslach Burnout Inventory, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), General Anxiety Disorder-7. clinical relevance present more than those emergency. Fifty percent obtained score clinically significant Moreover, depersonalization factor showed statistically increase average scores (p < 0.0001). PHQ-9 scale 47.1% operators reported depressive presence. number scoring above cut-off for anxiety tripled female gender conferred greater risks depression. Taken together, findings our sample risk depression, stress These data might be starting point plan monitoring prevention programs HCWs, thus ensuring patients receive best possible care performances even crises such as current

Language: Английский

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