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Impact on mental health and perceptions of psychological care among medical and nursing staff in Wuhan during the 2019 novel coronavirus disease outbreak: A cross-sectional study

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The severe 2019 outbreak of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which was first reported in Wuhan, would be expected to impact the mental health of local medical and nursing staff and thus lead them to seek help. However, those outcomes have yet to be established using epidemiological data. To explore the mental health status of medical and nursing staff and the efficacy, or lack thereof, of critically connecting psychological needs to receiving psychological care, we conducted a quantitative study. This is the first paper on the mental health of medical and nursing staff in Wuhan. Notably, among 994 medical and nursing staff working in Wuhan, 36.9% had subthreshold mental health disturbances (mean PHQ-9: 2.4), 34.4% had mild disturbances (mean PHQ-9: 5.4), 22.4% had moderate disturbances (mean PHQ-9: 9.0), and 6.2% had severe disturbance (mean PHQ-9: 15.1) in the immediate wake of the viral epidemic. The noted burden fell particularly heavily on young women. Of all participants, 36.3% had accessed psychological materials (such as books on mental health), 50.4% had accessed psychological resources available through media (such as online push messages on mental health self-help coping methods), and 17.5% had participated in counseling or psychotherapy. Trends in levels of psychological distress and factors such as exposure to infected people and psychological assistance were identified. Although staff accessed limited mental healthcare services, distressed staff nonetheless saw these services as important resources to alleviate acute mental health disturbances and improve their physical health perceptions. These findings emphasize the importance of being prepared to support frontline workers through mental health interventions at times of widespread crisis.

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Authors
Kang, L., Ma, S., Chen, M., Yang, J., Wang, Y., Li, R., Yao, L., Bai, H., Cai, Z., Xiang Yang, B., Hu, S., Zhang, K., Wang, G., Ma, C., & Liu, Z.
Affiliations
  • Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University (CN)
  • Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
  • First Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University (CN)
  • Shanxi Medical University (CN)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
Corresponding author
  • Ma, Simeng
  • Ma, Ci
  • Liu, Zhongchun
Venue
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-07
Volume
87
Pages
11-17
ISSN
0889-1591 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3013752275
Cited by
1,516
References
27
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 56 · 2024: 123 · 2023: 200 · 2022: 348 · 2021: 479 · 2020: 296
FWCI
132.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (81771472)
  • National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFC1314600)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, mental health, psychological distress, doctors and nurses, frontline workers, help-seeking, PHQ-9, young women, Wuhan
MeSH terms
Patient Health Questionnaire, Betacoronavirus, Psychological Distress, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, China, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depression, Depressive Disorder, Disease Outbreaks, Female, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, Male, Mental Health, Mental Health Services, Middle Aged, Nurses, Physicians, Pneumonia, Viral, Surveys and Questionnaires, Coronavirus Infections, Young Adult, Pandemics

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