Mental health and conspirasism in health care professionals during the spring 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in Greece.

IF 3.8 4区医学 Q1 Medicine

Acta Neuropsychiatrica Pub Date : 2022-06-01 Epub Date: 2021-12-10 DOI:10.1017/neu.2021.38

Konstantinos N Fountoulakis, Maria K Apostolidou, Marina B Atsiova, Anna K Filippidou, Angeliki K Florou, Dimitra S Gousiou, Aikaterini R Katsara, Sofia N Mantzari, Marina Padouva-Markoulaki, Evangelia I Papatriantafyllou, Panagiota I Sacharidi, Aikaterini I Tonia, Eleni G Tsagalidou, Vasiliki P Zymara, Panagiotis E Prezerakos, Sotirios A Koupidis, Nikolaos K Fountoulakis, Anastasia Konsta, Eva Maria Tsapakis, Pavlos N Theodorakis, Elias Mossialos

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Abstract

Introduction: The aim of the study was to investigate mental health and conspiracy theory beliefs concerning COVID-19 among health care professionals (HCPs).

Material and methods: During lockdown, an online questionnaire gathered data from 507 HCPs (432 females aged 33.86 ± 8.63 and 75 males aged 39.09 ± 9.54).

Statistical analysis: A post-stratification method to transform the study sample was used; descriptive statistics were calculated.

Results: Anxiety and probable depression were increased 1.5-2-fold and were higher in females and nurses. Previous history of depression was the main risk factor. The rates of believing in conspiracy theories concerning the COVID-19 were alarming with the majority of individuals (especially females) following some theory to at least some extend.

Conclusions: The current paper reports high rates of depression, distress and suicidal thoughts in the HCPs during the lockdown, with a high prevalence of beliefs in conspiracy theories. Female gender and previous history of depression acted as risk factors, while the belief in conspiracy theories might act as a protective factor. The results should be considered with caution due to the nature of the data (online survey on a self-selected but stratified sample).

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2020年春季希腊COVID-19封锁期间医疗保健专业人员的心理健康和阴谋论

前言:本研究的目的是调查卫生保健专业人员(HCPs)的心理健康状况和与COVID-19有关的阴谋论信仰。材料与方法:在封锁期间，通过在线问卷收集了507名医护人员的数据，其中女性432人(33.86±8.63岁)，男性75人(39.09±9.54岁)。统计分析:采用后分层方法对研究样本进行转化;进行描述性统计。结果:焦虑和抑郁发生率增加1.5 ~ 2倍，女性和护士较高。既往抑郁史是主要危险因素。相信有关COVID-19的阴谋论的比例令人震惊，大多数人(尤其是女性)至少在一定程度上遵循某些理论。结论:目前的论文报告了在封锁期间，hcp中抑郁、痛苦和自杀念头的比例很高，阴谋论的信仰也很普遍。女性性别和既往抑郁史是风险因素，而对阴谋论的信仰可能是保护因素。由于数据的性质(对自我选择但分层样本的在线调查)，应谨慎考虑结果。

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Acta Neuropsychiatrica 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

8.50

自引率

5.30%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Acta Neuropsychiatrica is an international journal focussing on translational neuropsychiatry. It publishes high-quality original research papers and reviews. The Journal''s scope specifically highlights the pathway from discovery to clinical applications, healthcare and global health that can be viewed broadly as the spectrum of work that marks the pathway from discovery to global health.