Post-traumatic stress disorder in hospital doctors after the COVID-19 pandemic.

IF 4.6 Q2 MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOMATERIALS

ACS Applied Bio Materials Pub Date : 2024-02-19 DOI:10.1093/occmed/kqad125

L Rollin, O Guerin, A Petit, L Bourdon, S Guillemette, A Gislard, B Clin, L Bachelet, I Rouget Mejjad, F Rouger, J Benichou, J F Gehanno, A Commune

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Abstract

Background: Prior studies showed that during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic healthcare workers had a higher risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. However, studies conducted among doctors several years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic are scarce.

Aims: To evaluate the prevalence of PTSD among hospital doctors and to describe potential explanatory factors.

Methods: The Protec-Cov study was an observational, cross-sectional, multicentre study, which used an anonymous online questionnaire to evaluate PTSD in doctors from six hospitals in France between December 2021 and March 2022. The presence of PTSD was assessed using the Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist Scale (PCLS) questionnaire with a cut-off of 44.

Results: Among the 307 doctors included, 18% presented a PCLS ≥44. The multivariate analysis showed that factors associated with a PCLS ≥44 were having a higher workload than before the COVID-19 pandemic (odds ratio [OR] = 4.75; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.68-13.38), not feeling recognized within the professional environment (OR = 2.83; 95% CI 1.26-6.33), and feeling isolated because of the lockdown (OR = 4.2; 95% CI 1.97-8.95). Approximately 30% of hospital doctors (n = 91) felt a need for psychological support but only 31% of them (n = 28) received support.

Conclusions: Based on our findings, a high prevalence of PTSD was observed among hospital doctors 2 years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study supports an early diagnosis of PTSD in this category of healthcare workers and warrants further study.

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COVID-19 大流行后医院医生的创伤后应激障碍。

背景：先前的研究表明，在冠状病毒病2019（COVID-19）大流行期间，医护人员出现创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）症状的风险较高。目的：评估创伤后应激障碍在医院医生中的患病率，并描述潜在的解释因素：Protec-Cov研究是一项观察性、横断面、多中心研究，采用匿名在线问卷调查的方式，在2021年12月至2022年3月期间对法国6家医院的医生进行创伤后应激障碍评估。研究采用创伤后应激障碍核对表量表（PCLS）问卷对是否存在创伤后应激障碍进行评估，结果以44.0为分界点：结果：在307名医生中，18%的人的PCLS≥44。多变量分析表明，与 PCLS ≥44 相关的因素有：工作量高于 COVID-19 大流行之前（比值比 [OR] = 4.75；95% 置信区间 [CI]：1.68-13.38）、在职业环境中得不到认可（比值比 [OR] = 2.83；95% 置信区间 [CI]：1.26-6.33）以及因封锁而感到孤立（比值比 [OR] = 4.2；95% 置信区间 [CI]：1.97-8.95）。约 30% 的医院医生（n = 91）认为需要心理支持，但其中只有 31% 的医生（n = 28）得到了支持：根据我们的研究结果，在 COVID-19 大流行开始 2 年后，我们发现医院医生中创伤后应激障碍的发病率很高。这项研究支持对这类医护人员进行创伤后应激障碍的早期诊断，值得进一步研究。

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ACS Applied Bio Materials Chemistry-Chemistry (all)

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9.40

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2.10%

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464