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Suicide risk and associated factors in healthcare workers seeking psychological support during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study

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Martínez-Arriaga, Reyna Jazmín, Dominguez-Rodriguez, Alejandro, Herdoiza-Arroyo, Paulina Erika, Robles-Garcia, Rebeca, de la Rosa-Gómez, Anabel, Figueroa González, Jairo Alejandro, Muñoz Anacona, Yineth Alejandra·2023·Psychology, Health & Medicine
DOI 10.1080/13548506.2023.2216469
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Healthcare workers have been one of the groups most severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving them with serious psychological effects. Some of these effects have not been treated promptly, leading to further psychological symptoms. The objective of this study was to evaluate suicide risk in healthcare workers seeking psychological help during the COVID-19 pandemic, and factors associated with this risk on participants that were searching for treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a cross-sectional study analyzing data from 626 Mexican healthcare workers seeking psychological help due to the COVID-19 pandemic through the www.personalcovid.com platform. Before they entered treatment, the Plutchik Suicide Risk Scale, the Depression Scale of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and the Professional Quality of Life Measure, were administered. Results: 49.4% (n = 308) presented suicide risk. The most severely affected groups were nurses (62%, n = 98) and physicians (52.7%, n = 96). Predictors of suicide risk in healthcare workers were secondary traumatic stress, high depressive affect, low positive affect, emotional insecurity and interpersonal problems, and medication use. Conclusions: The suicidal risk detected was high, found mostly in nurses and doctors. This study suggests the presence of psychological effects on healthcare workers, despite the time that has elapsed since the onset of the pandemic.

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  • Previous studies conducted by the team members have found that participants do answer all the assessments.

    “furthermore previous studies conducted by the team members (Dominguez-Rodriguez et al., 2023; Martínez-Arriaga et al., 2023) have found that participants do answer all the assessments, and this helps to analyze the impact of the intervention.”

    From Internet-based self-administered intervention to reduce anxiety and depression symptomatology and improve well-being in 7 countries: protocol of a randomized control trial (2024) · cites this paper as Martínez-Arriaga et al., 2023

    The Participants and procedures section (page unavailable) says participants were given questionnaires before the intervention, and the Results report data from 623 participants. The paper does not establish that participants answered all assessments; it also refers to participants dropping out during the assessment process. The statement about how this helps analyze intervention impact is the citing authors’ inference, not a finding attributed to this source. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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  • Psychological repercussions for nurses due to increased labor and exhaustion persisted after the epidemic began.

    “Despite the passage of time after the epidemic began, there were still psychological repercussions for nurses as a result of increased labor and exhaustion (3, 8), which highlighted the need for designing a targeted intervention to improve mental health and foster post-traumatic recovery among nurses.”

    From Translation, adaptation, and initial evaluation of a guided self-help intervention to reduce psychological distress among nurses during COVID-19 in China (2023) · cites this paper as [3]

    The Conclusions say psychological effects remained despite the time elapsed since the pandemic began, and “Does profession matter?” reports that nurses were among the most severely affected. The Introduction mentions exhaustion, but the paper does not establish that increased workload and exhaustion caused nurses’ continuing psychological effects. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Nurses were one of the groups most severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with serious psychological effects.

    “Facing this critical situation, the nurses were one of the groups most severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving them with serious psychological effects, given their risk of exposure to the virus, concerns about infecting and caring for their loved ones, longer work hours, and shortages of personal protective equipment (1, 3).”

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Martínez-Arriaga, R. J., Dominguez-Rodriguez, A., Herdoiza-Arroyo, P. E., Robles-Garcia, R., de la Rosa-Gómez, A., Figueroa González, J. A., & Muñoz Anacona, Y. A.
Affiliations
  • Universidad de Guadalajara (MX)
  • Department of Psychology, Health and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
  • Universidad Internacional del Ecuador (EC)
  • Epidemiological and Psychosocial Research Directorate, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría “Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz”, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Departamento de Psicología Aplicada, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
  • Health Psychology Master, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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Venue
Psychology, Health & Medicine
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2023-05-24
Volume
28
Issue
10
Pages
3076-3090
ISSN
  • 1354-8506 (ISSN-L)
  • 1465-3966
DOI
10.1080/13548506.2023.2216469
OpenAlex
W4378070632
Cited by
19
References
26
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3
FWCI
5.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Psychology Health & Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of Twente Research Information (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
  • University of Twente Research Information (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez
  • University of Twente
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
Keywords
suicide risk, healthcare workers, COVID-19 pandemic, psychological support, secondary traumatic stress, depression, sleep quality, professional quality of life, nurses, physicians, Plutchik suicide risk scale, emotional insecurity, interpersonal problems, medication use
MeSH terms
COVID-19, Cross-Sectional Studies, Health Personnel, Humans, Quality of Life, Suicide, Pandemics

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