Abstract
Healthcare workers' mental health was affected by SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. To evaluate healthcare workers' mental health and its associated factors during the pandemic in Chile. An online self-reported questionnaire was designed including the Goldberg Health Questionnaire, the Patient Health Questionnaire, (PHQ-9), and the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale among other questions. It was sent to 28,038 healthcare workers. The questionnaire was answered by 1,934 participants, with a median age of 38 years (74% women). Seventy five percent were professionals, and 48% worked at a hospital. Fifty nine percent of respondents had a risk of having a mental health disorder, and 73% had depressive symptoms. Significant associations were found with sex, workplace, and some of the relevant experiences during the pandemic. Fifty one percent reported the need for mental health support, and 38% of them received it. There is a high percentage of health workers with symptoms of psychological distress, depression, and suicidal ideas. The gender approach is essential to understand the important differences found. Many health workers who required mental health care did not seek or received it.
Highlights
Healthcare workers’ mental health was affected by SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
It was sent to 28,038 healthcare workers
Fifty nine percent of respondents had a risk of having a mental health disorder, and 73% had depressive symptoms
Summary
RUBÉN ALVARADO1,9, JORGE RAMÍREZ2, ÍTALO LANIO3, MARGARITA CORTÉS4, ANTONIA AGUIRRE5, PAULA BEDREGAL6, KASIM ALLEL7,a, THAMARA TAPIA-MUÑOZ8,b, MARÍA SOLEDAD BURRONE9, GONZALO CUADRA-MALINARICH10, RODRIGO GOYCOLEA11, FRANCO MASCAYANO12,a, JAIME SAPAG13, SARA SCHILLING14, GONZALO SOTO1, CAROLINA TRAUB13, SEBASTIÁN VILLARROEL15, SEBASTIÁN ALARCÓN16
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