Mental Health Screening of Healthcare Professionals Who Are Candidates for Psychological Assistance during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Healthcare professionals (HCPs) are among those most affected by the COVID-19 health emergency, with many presenting symptoms of anxiety and depression. Research shows that one of the factors involved in mitigating the impact of stressful situations is the use of cognitive emotional regulation mecha...

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Autores: Serdà, Bernat-Carles, Aymerich Andreu, Maria, Patiño Masó, Josefina, Cunill Olivas, Mònica
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Personal mèdic
Medical personnel
Salut mental -- Personal
Mental health personnel
Pandèmia de COVID-19, 2020-
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
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spelling Mental Health Screening of Healthcare Professionals Who Are Candidates for Psychological Assistance during the COVID-19 PandemicSerdà, Bernat-CarlesAymerich Andreu, MariaPatiño Masó, JosefinaCunill Olivas, MònicaPersonal mèdicMedical personnelSalut mental -- PersonalMental health personnelPandèmia de COVID-19, 2020-COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-Healthcare professionals (HCPs) are among those most affected by the COVID-19 health emergency, with many presenting symptoms of anxiety and depression. Research shows that one of the factors involved in mitigating the impact of stressful situations is the use of cognitive emotional regulation mechanisms. The aims of this study were (a) to describe the functional and dysfunctional cognitive emotional regulation mechanisms (FRMs and DRMs) by gender, (b) to screen the main group of healthcare professionals who are candidates to receive psychological assistance based on FRMs and DRMs, and (c) to determine the HCP profile of candidates for psychological assistance. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted. Data were obtained from an adhoc questionnaire— the Cognitive Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ-18), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7), and the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). The representative sample comprised 1452 HCPs. The results revealed significant differences between men and women in the use of DRMs. Women showed a higher use of catastrophizing ( 0.001) and rumination (0.008). The screening procedure detected that 7.5% (109 cases) of the HCPs were candidates to receive psychological support. According to the results of this study, age group (30–39 years old), professional activity (being a nurse or nursing assistant), and having psychological symptoms of anxiety and depression are variables that independently increase the probability of requiring psychological assistance. The gender variable was not found to be an independent factor when it comes to receiving psychological support. In conclusion, it is necessary to consider the influence of cognitive emotional regulation strategies employed by HCPs in the screening of candidates for psychological assistance and design effective interventions to reverse the emotional distress caused by COVID-19MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpeer-reviewedapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10256/20179http://hdl.handle.net/10256/20179International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, vol. 18, núm. 21, p. 11167Articles publicats (D-PS)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3390/ ijerph182111167info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1661-7827info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/1660-4601Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10256/201792026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Mental Health Screening of Healthcare Professionals Who Are Candidates for Psychological Assistance during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title Mental Health Screening of Healthcare Professionals Who Are Candidates for Psychological Assistance during the COVID-19 Pandemic
spellingShingle Mental Health Screening of Healthcare Professionals Who Are Candidates for Psychological Assistance during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Serdà, Bernat-Carles
Personal mèdic
Medical personnel
Salut mental -- Personal
Mental health personnel
Pandèmia de COVID-19, 2020-
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
title_short Mental Health Screening of Healthcare Professionals Who Are Candidates for Psychological Assistance during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full Mental Health Screening of Healthcare Professionals Who Are Candidates for Psychological Assistance during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr Mental Health Screening of Healthcare Professionals Who Are Candidates for Psychological Assistance during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Mental Health Screening of Healthcare Professionals Who Are Candidates for Psychological Assistance during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort Mental Health Screening of Healthcare Professionals Who Are Candidates for Psychological Assistance during the COVID-19 Pandemic
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Serdà, Bernat-Carles
Aymerich Andreu, Maria
Patiño Masó, Josefina
Cunill Olivas, Mònica
author Serdà, Bernat-Carles
author_facet Serdà, Bernat-Carles
Aymerich Andreu, Maria
Patiño Masó, Josefina
Cunill Olivas, Mònica
author_role author
author2 Aymerich Andreu, Maria
Patiño Masó, Josefina
Cunill Olivas, Mònica
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Personal mèdic
Medical personnel
Salut mental -- Personal
Mental health personnel
Pandèmia de COVID-19, 2020-
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
topic Personal mèdic
Medical personnel
Salut mental -- Personal
Mental health personnel
Pandèmia de COVID-19, 2020-
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
description Healthcare professionals (HCPs) are among those most affected by the COVID-19 health emergency, with many presenting symptoms of anxiety and depression. Research shows that one of the factors involved in mitigating the impact of stressful situations is the use of cognitive emotional regulation mechanisms. The aims of this study were (a) to describe the functional and dysfunctional cognitive emotional regulation mechanisms (FRMs and DRMs) by gender, (b) to screen the main group of healthcare professionals who are candidates to receive psychological assistance based on FRMs and DRMs, and (c) to determine the HCP profile of candidates for psychological assistance. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted. Data were obtained from an adhoc questionnaire— the Cognitive Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ-18), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7), and the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). The representative sample comprised 1452 HCPs. The results revealed significant differences between men and women in the use of DRMs. Women showed a higher use of catastrophizing ( 0.001) and rumination (0.008). The screening procedure detected that 7.5% (109 cases) of the HCPs were candidates to receive psychological support. According to the results of this study, age group (30–39 years old), professional activity (being a nurse or nursing assistant), and having psychological symptoms of anxiety and depression are variables that independently increase the probability of requiring psychological assistance. The gender variable was not found to be an independent factor when it comes to receiving psychological support. In conclusion, it is necessary to consider the influence of cognitive emotional regulation strategies employed by HCPs in the screening of candidates for psychological assistance and design effective interventions to reverse the emotional distress caused by COVID-19
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