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SynthesisPsychiatry research2020

The mental health impact of the covid-19 pandemic on healthcare workers, and interventions to help them: A rapid systematic review.

Ashley Elizabeth Muller, Elisabet Vivianne Hafstad, Jan Peter William Himmels, Geir Smedslund, Signe Flottorp, Synne Øien Stensland, Stijn Stroobants, Stijn Van de Velde, Gunn Elisabeth Vist

Registry-linked trialOpen access · hybridAbstract readSystematic Review
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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Psychiatry research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04646642 (Psychological Health, Coping Strategies and Preferences of David Grant USAF Medical Center COVID-19 Deployers), which is not on this map. Cited by 441 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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441citing papers in PubMed, 15 pooled it
62.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT04646642 completednot on this map

Psychological Health, Coping Strategies and Preferences of David Grant USAF Medical Center COVID-19 Deployers: A Critical Needs Assessment

TypeobservationalSponsorDavid Grant U.S. Air Force Medical CenterRan2020 to 2021Enrolled21ConditionsCoping Skills, Healthcare Workers, Covid19
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

441 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 892 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health workforce: A rapid review.International journal of mental health nursing · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ashley Elizabeth MullerNorwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: aemu@fhi.no.
Elisabet Vivianne HafstadNorwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Jan Peter William HimmelsNorwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Geir SmedslundNorwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Signe FlottorpNorwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Synne Øien StenslandNorwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Research and Communication Unit for Musculoskeletal Health (FORMI), Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Stijn StroobantsHumanitarian Services, Belgian Red Cross, Mechelen, Belgium.
Stijn Van de VeldeNorwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Gunn Elisabeth VistNorwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Norwegian Institute of Public Health · NONorwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The covid-19 pandemic has heavily burdened healthcare systems throughout the world. We performed a rapid systematic review to identify, assess and summarize research on the mental health impact of the covid-19 pandemic on HCWs (healthcare workers). We utilized the Norwegian Institute of Public Health's Live map of covid-19 evidence on 11 May and included 59 studies. Six reported on implementing interventions, but none reported on effects of the interventions. HCWs reported low interest in professional help, and greater reliance on social support and contact. Exposure to covid-19 was the most commonly reported correlate of mental health problems, followed by female gender, and worry about infection or about infecting others. Social support correlated with less mental health problems. HCWs reported anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and distress during the covid-19 pandemic. We assessed the certainty of the estimates of prevalence of these symptoms as very low using GRADE. Most studies did not report comparative data on mental health symptoms before the pandemic or in the general population. There seems to be a mismatch between risk factors for adverse mental health outcomes among HCWs in the current pandemic, their needs and preferences, and the individual psychopathology focus of current interventions.

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BetacoronavirusMental HealthPandemicsCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19FemaleHealth PersonnelHumansInternationalityMaleOccupational StressPneumonia, ViralRisk FactorsSARS-CoV-2Social SupportOccupational healthPreferencesSocial support

Identifiers

PMID32898840
PMCPMC7462563
OpenAlexW3081708086

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