Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti.
Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti.
Psychiatry Res. 2020 Nov;293:113366. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113366. Epub 2020 Aug 3.
Starting from China, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) contagion spread unexpectedly and quickly all over the world, particularly affecting Italy. In the early stages of the epidemic, healthcare professionals have been in the front-line to manage the infection. The current study aimed to analyse the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on healthcare professionals and to detect some risk and protective factors of their distress levels, with regard to socio-demographic variables, direct exposure to COVID-19 and the coping strategies used to deal with stress. The data were collected during the peak of the infection. A total of 595 healthcare professionals enrolled in the study and completed the measures of socio-demographical and professional data, perceived stress (PSS) and coping strategies (COPE- NVI-25). Overall, we found that a positive attitude towards the stressful situation was the main protective factor, while female gender, seeking social support, avoidance strategies and working with COVID-19 patients were risk factors. Economic status, problem solving ability and turning to religion were not associated with stress levels. This study, one of the first on this topic, highlighted the main coping strategies used by healthcare professionals in facing the highly stressful situation caused by the pandemic.
从中国开始，冠状病毒病（COVID-19）疫情出乎意料地迅速蔓延到全世界，尤其对意大利产生了影响。在疫情的早期阶段，医护人员一直在一线管理感染。本研究旨在分析 COVID-19 爆发对医护人员的影响，并根据社会人口统计学变量、直接接触 COVID-19 以及应对压力的应对策略，检测出导致他们压力水平的一些风险和保护因素。数据是在感染高峰期收集的。共有 595 名医护人员参加了这项研究，并完成了社会人口统计学和职业数据、感知压力（PSS）和应对策略（COPE-NVI-25）的测量。总的来说，我们发现对紧张情况的积极态度是主要的保护因素，而女性、寻求社会支持、回避策略和与 COVID-19 患者一起工作是风险因素。经济状况、解决问题的能力和求助宗教与压力水平无关。这项研究是关于这个主题的首批研究之一，它强调了医护人员在应对大流行带来的高度紧张局势时使用的主要应对策略。
