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Article

The “Healthcare Workers’ Wellbeing (Benessere Operatori)” Project: A Picture of the Mental Health Conditions of Italian Healthcare Workers during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic

by
Valentina Elisabetta Di Mattei
1,2,
Gaia Perego
3,*,
Francesca Milano
2,
Martina Mazzetti
2,
Paola Taranto
2,
Rossella Di Pierro
3,
Chiara De Panfilis
4,
Fabio Madeddu
3 and
Emanuele Preti
3
1
School of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy
2
Clinical and Health Psychology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
3
Department of Psychology, University of Milan-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy
4
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(10), 5267; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105267
Submission received: 8 April 2021 / Revised: 12 May 2021 / Accepted: 13 May 2021 / Published: 15 May 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue COVID-19 Pandemics: Impact on Health Care and Health Care Professions)
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Abstract

During the last year, the COVID-19 outbreak put all the healthcare workers around the world at risk of physical and psychological sequelae. The general purpose of the present study was to assess the mental health of Italian healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak and to identify high-risk groups. Here, we present results from the baseline assessment of the “Healthcare workers’ wellbeing (Benessere Operatori)” project on a sample of 1055 healthcare workers. Participants completed the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21, the Insomnia Severity Index, the Impact of Event Scale-Revised, the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Healthcare workers who worked in COVID wards reported higher levels of anxiety, insomnia, post-traumatic stress, anger, and burnout, compared to those reported by the healthcare workers who worked in non-COVID wards. Moreover, nurses, both in COVID and non-COVID wards, were at higher risk of experiencing psychological distress compared to other groups of healthcare workers. These findings highlight the importance of implementing targeted psychological interventions for healthcare workers operating in COVID wards and nurses, who seem to be the most vulnerable categories.
Keywords: COVID-19; mental health; health care; health professions; depression; anxiety; insomnia; post-traumatic stress; anger; burnout COVID-19; mental health; health care; health professions; depression; anxiety; insomnia; post-traumatic stress; anger; burnout

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Di Mattei, V.E.; Perego, G.; Milano, F.; Mazzetti, M.; Taranto, P.; Di Pierro, R.; De Panfilis, C.; Madeddu, F.; Preti, E. The “Healthcare Workers’ Wellbeing (Benessere Operatori)” Project: A Picture of the Mental Health Conditions of Italian Healthcare Workers during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 5267. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105267

AMA Style

Di Mattei VE, Perego G, Milano F, Mazzetti M, Taranto P, Di Pierro R, De Panfilis C, Madeddu F, Preti E. The “Healthcare Workers’ Wellbeing (Benessere Operatori)” Project: A Picture of the Mental Health Conditions of Italian Healthcare Workers during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(10):5267. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105267

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Di Mattei, Valentina Elisabetta, Gaia Perego, Francesca Milano, Martina Mazzetti, Paola Taranto, Rossella Di Pierro, Chiara De Panfilis, Fabio Madeddu, and Emanuele Preti. 2021. "The “Healthcare Workers’ Wellbeing (Benessere Operatori)” Project: A Picture of the Mental Health Conditions of Italian Healthcare Workers during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 10: 5267. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105267

APA Style

Di Mattei, V. E., Perego, G., Milano, F., Mazzetti, M., Taranto, P., Di Pierro, R., De Panfilis, C., Madeddu, F., & Preti, E. (2021). The “Healthcare Workers’ Wellbeing (Benessere Operatori)” Project: A Picture of the Mental Health Conditions of Italian Healthcare Workers during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(10), 5267. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105267

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