Department of Psychosomatics and Psychiatry, ZhongDa Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Department of Clinical Psychology, The Fourth People's Hospital of Lianyungang, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China.
Psychiatry Res. 2023 Aug;326:115301. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115301. Epub 2023 Jun 17.
An unseen wave of vast infection was detected in China in December 2022, and healthcare workers faced inevitable challenges and heavy stress. We aimed to present a dynamic mental health map and, most importantly, provide a timely report of the current situation in healthcare workers. The current study conducted four national cross-sectional online surveys from February and March 2020, Apr 2022, and Jan 2023. The Psychosomatic Symptom Scale (PSSS) and Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10) were used to assess psychosomatic symptoms and perceived stress. Fourteen thousand nine hundred forty-five participants (8578 healthcare workers and 6367 others) participated in the surveys. The prevalence of psychosomatic syndrome, reflected by PSSS, was 19.3% (Wave1), 22.9% (Wave2), 36.4% (Wave3), and 60.7% (Wave4) among healthcare workers, compared to 24.0% (Wave1), 35.7% (Wave2), 34.2% (Wave3) and 50.5% (Wave4) among the others. In addition, healthcare workers exhibited lower PSSS total scores at the beginning but higher in later waves. Despite their infection status, they now suffer from more severe psychosomatic symptoms than the rest of society. Our findings suggest that healthcare workers in China have now experienced severe psychosomatic symptoms and tremendous stress. Therefore, there is an urgent need to utilize social support for them.
2022 年 12 月，中国检测到一波未被发现的大规模感染浪潮，医护人员面临着不可避免的挑战和巨大的压力。我们旨在呈现一幅动态的心理健康图谱，并提供一份有关医护人员现状的及时报告。本研究于 2020 年 2 月至 3 月、2022 年 4 月和 2023 年 1 月进行了四次全国性横断面在线调查。采用身心症状量表（PSSS）和压力知觉量表-10（PSS-10）评估身心症状和压力知觉。共有 14945 名参与者（8578 名医护人员和 6367 名非医护人员）参与了调查。反映身心综合征的 PSSS 患病率为医护人员分别为 19.3%（第 1 波）、22.9%（第 2 波）、36.4%（第 3 波）和 60.7%（第 4 波），而非医护人员分别为 24.0%（第 1 波）、35.7%（第 2 波）、34.2%（第 3 波）和 50.5%（第 4 波）。此外，医护人员在最初阶段的 PSSS 总分较低，但在后期波次中较高。尽管他们已经感染过，但现在他们比社会其他群体遭受更严重的身心症状。我们的研究结果表明，中国的医护人员现在已经经历了严重的身心症状和巨大的压力。因此，迫切需要为他们提供社会支持。
