RT Journal Article
T1 Psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic in Western frontline healthcare professionals. A systematic review.
A1 Danet Danet, Alina
K1 Coronavirus
K1 Emergency medical services
K1 Emotions
K1 Health personnel
K1 Intensive care units
K1 Mental health
K1 Stress psychological
K1 Systematic review
AB The aim of this study was to assess the psychological impact among healthcare workers who stand in the frontline of the SARS-CoV-2 crisis and to compare it with the rest of healthcare professionals, by means of a systematic review of Western publications. The systematic review was carried out in PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science databases and 12 descriptive studies were reviewed. The European and American quantitative studies reported moderate and high levels of stress, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance and burnout, with diverse coping strategies and more frequent and intense symptoms among women and nurses, without conclusive results by age. In the first line of assistance the psychological impact was greater than in the rest of the health professionals and in the Asian area. It is necessary to go deeper into the emotional experiences and professional needs for emotional support in order to design effective interventions for protection and help.
YR 2021
FD 2021-03-19
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10668/26180
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10668/26180
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 11, 2025