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Impact of coronavirus syndromes on physical and mental health of health care workers: Systematic review and meta-analysis

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Salazar de Pablo, Gonzalo, Vaquerizo-Serrano, Julio, Catalan, Ana, Arango, Celso, Moreno, Carmen, Ferre, Francisco, Shin, Jae Il, Sullivan, Sarah, Brondino, Natascia, Solmi, Marco, Fusar-Poli, Paolo·2020·Journal of Affective Disorders

DOI 10.1016/j.jad.2020.06.022PMC PMC7314697

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Background Health care workers (HCW) are at high risk of developing physical/mental health outcomes related to coronavirus syndromes. Nature and frequency of these outcomes are undetermined.Methods PRISMA/MOOSE-compliant (PROSPERO-CRD42020180205) systematic review of Web of Science/grey literature until 15th April 2020, to identify studies reporting physical/mental health outcomes in HCW infected/exposed to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome -SARS-, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome -MERS-, Novel coronavirus -COVID-19-. Proportion random effect meta-analyses, I 2 statistic, quality assessment and sensitivity analysis.Results 115 articles were included (n=60,458 HCW, age 36.1±7.1, 77.1% female). Physical health outcomes: 75.9% HCW infected by SARS/MERS/COVID-19 reported fever (95%CI=65.9-83.7%, k=12, n=949), 47.9% cough (95%CI=39.2-56.8%, k=14, n=970), 43.6% myalgias (95%CI=31.9-56.0%, k=13, n=898), 42.3% chills (95%CI=20.2-67.9%, k=7, n=716), 41.2% fatigue (95%CI=18.2-68.8%, k=6, n=386), 34.6% headaches (95%CI=23.1-48.2%, k=11, n=893), 31.2% dyspnoea (95%CI=23.2-40.5%, k=12, n=1003), 25.3% sore throat (95%CI=18.8-33.2%, k=8, n=747), 22.2% nausea/vomiting (95%CI=14.9-31.8%, k=6, n=662), 18.8% diarrhoea (95%CI=11.9-28.4%, k=9, n=824). Mental health outcomes: 62.5% HCW exposed to SARS/MERS/COVID-19 reported general health concerns (95%CI=57.0-67,8%, k=2, n=2254), 43.7% fear (95%CI=33.9-54.0%, k=4, n=584), 37.9% insomnia (95%CI=30.9-45.5%, k=6, n=5067), 37.8% psychological distress (95%CI=28.4-48.2%, k=15, n=24,346), 34.4% burnout (95%CI=19.3-53.5%, k=3, n=1337), 29.0% anxiety features (95%CI=14.2-50.3%, k=6, n=9191), 26.3% depressive symptoms (95%CI=12.5-47.1%, k=8, n=9893), 20.7% post-traumatic stress disorder features (95%CI=13.2-31%, k=11, n=3826), 16.1% somatisation (95%CI=0.2-96.0%, k=2, n=2184), 14.0% stigmatisation feelings (95%CI=6.4-28.1%, k=2, n=411).Limitations Limited amount of evidence for some outcomes and suboptimal design in several studies included.Conclusions SARS/MERS/COVID-19 have a substantial impact on the physical and mental health of HCW, which should become a priority for public health strategies.

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Authors: Salazar de Pablo, G., Vaquerizo-Serrano, J., Catalan, A., Arango, C., Moreno, C., Ferre, F., Shin, J. I., Sullivan, S., Brondino, N., Solmi, M., & Fusar-Poli, P.
Affiliations: Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (ES)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
Yonsei University (KR)
University of Bristol (GB)
University of Pavia (IT)
University of Padua (IT)
ORCID: Arango, Celso
Moreno, Carmen
Ferre, Francisco
Shin, Jae Il
Sullivan, Sarah
Brondino, Natascia
Solmi, Marco
Venue: Journal of Affective Disorders
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2020-10
Volume: 275
Pages: 48-57
ISSN: 0165-0327 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.06.022
PMC: PMC7314697
OpenAlex: W3037551969
Cited by: 631
References: 121
Citations by year: 2026: 9 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 72 · 2023: 99 · 2022: 152 · 2021: 224 · 2020: 37
FWCI: 10.01
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
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Funders: Seventh Framework Programme
Oficina Regional de Coordinación de Salud Mental, Comunidad de Madrid
Fundación Mutua Madrileña
H2020 Euratom
Fundación Alicia Koplowitz
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Keywords: healthcare workers, COVID-19 pandemic, SARS, MERS, physical health outcomes, mental health outcomes, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, occupational exposure, fever, fatigue, psychological distress
MeSH terms: COVID-19, Anxiety, Burnout, Professional, Fatigue, Female, Health Personnel, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Pneumonia, Viral, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Coronavirus Infections, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Pandemics

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