IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 6180: Professional Quality of Life and Mental Health Outcomes among Health Care Workers Exposed to Sars-Cov-2 (Covid-19)

IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 6180: Professional Quality of Life and Mental Health Outcomes among Health Care Workers Exposed to Sars-Cov-2 (Covid-19) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17176180 Authors: Rodolfo Buselli Martina Corsi Sigrid Baldanzi Martina Chiumiento Elena Del Lupo Valerio Dell'Oste Carlo Antonio Bertelloni Gabriele Massimetti Liliana Dell’Osso Alfonso Cristaudo Claudia Carmassi The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic spreading worldwide, and Italy represented the first European country involved. Healthcare workers (HCWs) facing COVID-19 pandemic represented an at-risk population for new psychosocial COVID-19 strain and consequent mental health symptoms. The aim of the present study was to identify the possible impact of working contextual and personal variables (age, gender, working position, years of experience, proximity to infected patients) on professional quality of life, represented by compassion satisfaction (CS), burnout, and secondary traumatization (ST), in HCWs facing COVID-19 emergency. Further, two multivariable linear regression analyses were fitted to explore the association of mental health selected outcomes, anxiety and depression, with some personal and working characteristics that are COVID-19-related. A sample of 265 HCWs of a major university hospital in central Italy was consecutively recruited at the outpatient service of the Occup...
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