Psychological distress among healthcare professionals involved in the COVID-19 emergency: vulnerability and resilience factors
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' factors potentially involved in the occurrence of psychological distress, including PTSD, in frontline healthcare operators. Valid social support, self-efficacy, internal locus of control (LOC) and sense of coherence (SOC) have been considered as resilience factors, in previous studies. Likewise, several observations pointed on the relevance of individual and environmental vulnerabilities. No real evidence is available about strategies to face the emotional burden for healthcare operators due to present COVID-19 scenario. However, we strongly believe that the containment of isolation anxiety with an appropriate emotional support should be the first instrument to minimise the psychological effect of pandemic on the more exposed healthcare professionals.
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Changes in everyday activities and lifestyle due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related quarantine measures strongly affected the mental health of the general population and of special populations.
“Changes in everyday activitiesand in lifestyle due to severe acute respiratory syndrome CoV2 (SARS-COV2) [coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)] pandemic and related quarantine measures strongly affected the mental health of the general population (Marazziti et al., 2020; Poli et al., 2020), and of special populations (Conversano et al., 2020; Orrù et al., 2021).”
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- Authors
- Conversano
- Venue
- PubMed
- Publisher
- National Institutes of Health
- Published
- 2020-04-01
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 94-96
- PMC
- PMC8629057
- OpenAlex
- W3022295953
- Cited by
- 64
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 13
- FWCI
- 5.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa) (submittedVersion)
- PubMed
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
- Keywords
- psychological distress, healthcare workers, COVID-19 pandemic, resilience factors, vulnerability factors, post-traumatic stress disorder, social support, self-efficacy, locus of control, sense of coherence, emotional burden, emotional support
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