%0 Journal Article %A Lechien, Jerome R %A Chebib, Emilien %A Zelenik, Karol %A Maniaci, Antonino %A Molteni, Gabriele %A Maza-Solano, Juan M %A Hans, Stéphane %T Impact of mobilization of residents in otolaryngology-head-neck surgery in COVID-19 units on mental health status. %D 2022 %U http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19986 %X To investigate mental health, sleep, and addiction features of young otolaryngologists (YO) according to the mobilization in COVID-19 units at the end of the third European wave of infections. A cross-sectional survey was sent to 220 YO of 6 European University hospitals. The following outcomes were evaluated: postgraduate year; age; management of COVID-19 patients; workload; nights on call; stress; Beck depression inventory; Insomnia severity index; sleep and mental health status evolutions throughout pandemic; consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs before and during pandemic. A total of 128 YO completed the evaluations (58.2%). Twenty responders (15.6%) did not manage COVID-19 patients, while 65 (50.8%), 20 (15.6%), and 23 (18%) managed rarely, frequently or daily COVID-19 patients during the pandemic, respectively. The management of COVID-19 patients was associated with increases of workload (p = 0.023) and number of nights on-call (p  Young otolaryngologists (YO) mobilized in COVID-19 units reported higher hours worked, nights on call, and alcohol consumption compared with others. Future large cohort-studies are needed to confirm our observations. %K Addiction %K Alcohol %K COVID-19 %K Depression %K Fellow %K Otolaryngology %K Recruitment %K Residents %K SARS-CoV-2 %K Sleep %~