RT Journal Article
T1 The role of social support and resilience in the mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic among healthcare workers in Spain.
A1 Ortiz-Calvo, Esther
A1 Martínez-Alés, Gonzalo
A1 Mediavilla, Roberto
A1 González-Gómez, Elisabeth
A1 Fernández-Jiménez, Eduardo
A1 Bravo-Ortiz, María-Fe
A1 Moreno-Küstner, Berta
A1 COVID-19 HEalth caRe wOrkErS – Spain (HEROES-SPA) Group, 
K1 COVID-19
K1 Healthcare workers
K1 Mental health
K1 Resilience
K1 Social support
K1 Suicide
AB Healthcare workers (HCWs) from COVID-19 pandemic hotspots across the globe have reported mental health problems, including anxiety, depression, or sleep problems. Many studies have focused on identifying modifiable risk factors, such as being afraid of getting infected or reporting shortage of personal protective equipment, but none have explored the role of protective factors. This cross-sectional study used an online survey to describe the association between three potentially protective factors (self-reported resilience, self-perceived social support from colleagues at work, and self-perceived social support from relatives and friends) and three mental health outcomes, namely psychological distress, depression symptoms, and death thoughts in a large sample of Spanish HCWs during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We recruited 2372 respondents between April 26th and June 22nd, 2020. Resilience and self-perceived social support were inversely associated with mental health problems (psychological distress, depression symptoms, and death thoughts), after adjusting for potential sources of confounding. Resilience and self-perceived social support might protect HCWs against negative mental health outcomes. Public health strategies targeting these modifiable determinants might help to reduce the impact of the pandemic on HCWs' mental health.
YR 2021
FD 2021-12-14
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/22334
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/22334
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 3, 2025