Burnout Status of Italian Healthcare Workers during the First COVID-19 Pandemic Peak Period
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Department of Psychological, Health, and Territorial Sciences, University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Academic Editors: Roberta Ferrucci and Alyx Taylor
Healthcare 2021, 9(5), 510; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050510
Received: 1 April 2021
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Revised: 19 April 2021
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Accepted: 22 April 2021
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Published: 28 April 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Direct and Indirect Effects of the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical and Mental Health)
The pandemic of 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has burdened extraordinary psychological stress on the healthcare workforce. The present survey aimed to examine the personal resources and psychological symptoms associated with burnout in 933 healthcare workers in Italy during the COVID-19 outbreak period. Sociodemographic and occupational data, depression, anxiety, burnout, and post-traumatic symptoms, as well as psychological well-being, were cross-sectional assessed through an online questionnaire. A considerable part of the sample scored over the clinical levels of depression (57.9%), anxiety (65.2%), post-traumatic symptoms (55%), and burnout (25.61%). Working in the front-line (p < 0.05), being part of the medical staff (p < 0.05), experiencing lower levels of psychological well-being (p < 0.001), and higher levels of post-traumatic symptoms (p < 0.001) independently explained 38% of burnout variance. The healthcare industry, services, and professionals should be aware of the harmful effects of COVID-19 on healthcare workers and take adequate preventive measures.
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Keywords:
burnout; COVID-19; healthcare workers; psychological well-being; post-traumatic symptoms; psychological distress
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Conti, C.; Fontanesi, L.; Lanzara, R.; Rosa, I.; Doyle, R.L.; Porcelli, P. Burnout Status of Italian Healthcare Workers during the First COVID-19 Pandemic Peak Period. Healthcare 2021, 9, 510. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050510
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Conti C, Fontanesi L, Lanzara R, Rosa I, Doyle RL, Porcelli P. Burnout Status of Italian Healthcare Workers during the First COVID-19 Pandemic Peak Period. Healthcare. 2021; 9(5):510. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050510
Chicago/Turabian StyleConti, Chiara, Lilybeth Fontanesi, Roberta Lanzara, Ilenia Rosa, Robert L. Doyle, and Piero Porcelli. 2021. "Burnout Status of Italian Healthcare Workers during the First COVID-19 Pandemic Peak Period" Healthcare 9, no. 5: 510. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050510
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