Urzúa Alfonso, Samaniego Antonio, Caqueo-Urízar Alejandra, Zapata Pizarro Antonio, Irarrázaval Domínguez Matías
Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile.
Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asunción, Paraguay.
Rev Med Chil. 2020 Aug;148(8):1121-1127. doi: 10.4067/S0034-98872020000801121.
COVID-19 has effects on the mental health of health care workers.
To explore the presence of symptoms associated with mental health problems and associated risk factors in health workers.
The questionnaires PHQ-9 for depression, GAD-7 for anxiety, ISI-7 for insomnia and IES-R-22 for psychological distress were applied to 125 health care workers aged 18 to 67 years (32 physicians, 22 nurses and 71 of other professions) laboring in hospitals and primary care facilities along Chile.
Sixty five percent reported depression symptoms, 74% anxiety, 65% insomnia and 57% distress. Physicians had lower median scores in all scales than nurses and other health professionals. Professionals attending patients with respiratory infections or with COVID-19 had higher median scores in the scales that their counterparts.
The frequency of mental health problems among these professionals is high and preventive measures should be taken.
新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）对医护人员的心理健康有影响。
探讨医护人员心理健康问题相关症状的存在情况及相关危险因素。
对智利各地医院和基层医疗设施中125名年龄在18至67岁之间的医护人员（32名医生、22名护士和71名其他职业人员）应用了用于评估抑郁的PHQ-9问卷、用于评估焦虑的GAD-7问卷、用于评估失眠的ISI-7问卷以及用于评估心理困扰的IES-R-22问卷。
65%的人报告有抑郁症状，74%有焦虑症状，65%有失眠症状，57%有心理困扰。在所有量表中，医生的中位数得分低于护士和其他卫生专业人员。照料呼吸道感染患者或COVID-19患者的专业人员在各量表中的中位数得分高于其同行。
这些专业人员中心理健康问题的发生率很高，应采取预防措施。
