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Post-traumatic stress symptoms in healthcare workers dealing with the covid-19 pandemic: a systematic review
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 601, p 601 (2021), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- Prevention of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in healthcare workers (HCWs) facing the current COVID-19 pandemic is a challenge worldwide as HCWs are likely to experience acute and chronic, often unpredictable, occupational stressors leading to PTSS. This review aims to analyze the literature to discover which topics have been focused on and what the latest developments are in managing the occupational risk of PTSS in HCWs during the current pandemic. For the purpose of this review, we searched for publications in MEDLINE/Pubmed using selected keywords. The articles were reviewed and categorized into one or more of the following categories based on their subject matter: risk assessment, risk management, occurrence rates. A total of 16 publications matched our inclusion criteria. The topics discussed were: “Risk Assessment”, “Occurrence Rates”, and “Risk Management”. Young age, low work experience, female gender, heavy workload, working in unsafe settings, and lack of training and social support were found to be predictors of PTSS. This review’s findings showed the need for urgent interventions aimed at protecting HCWs from the psychological impact of traumatic events related to the pandemic and leading to PTSS; healthcare policies need to consider preventive and management strategies toward PTSS, and the related psychic sequelae, in HCWs.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Health Personnel
education
Psychological intervention
lcsh:Medicine
Review
risk management
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
03 medical and health sciences
Social support
0302 clinical medicine
healthcare worker
Occupational Exposure
Health care
Pandemic
COVID-19
post-traumatic stress disorder
PTSD
risk assessment
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Pandemics
Risk management
business.industry
SARS-CoV-2
Stressor
lcsh:R
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Traumatic stress
Family medicine
business
Risk assessment
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 601, p 601 (2021), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fbe65bc538369c2eb9c708ae0aa01bff