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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Healthcare Workers Dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.

Gabriele d'Ettorre, Giancarlo Ceccarelli, Letizia Santinelli, Paolo Vassalini, Giuseppe Pietro Innocenti, Francesco Alessandri, Alexia E Koukopoulos, Alessandro Russo, Gabriella d'Ettorre, Lorenzo Tarsitani

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Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 153 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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153citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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153 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 266 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Gabriele d'EttorreDepartment of Occupational Medicine, Local Health Authority of Lecce, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8714-1612
Giancarlo CeccarelliDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5921-3180
Letizia SantinelliDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5621-058X
Paolo VassaliniDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe Pietro InnocentiDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Francesco AlessandriDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3989-4964
Alexia E KoukopoulosDepartment of Human Neurosciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Alessandro RussoDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3846-4620
Gabriella d'EttorreDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3571-5677
Lorenzo TarsitaniDepartment of Human Neurosciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1752-966X
Sapienza University of Rome · ITPoliclinico Umberto I · ITIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Lecce · IT

Funding

Sapienza Università di Roma Sapienza University of Rome
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prevention of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in healthcare workers (HCWs) facing the current COVID-19 pandemic is a challenge worldwide as HCWs are likely to experience acute and chronic, often unpredictable, occupational stressors leading to PTSS. This review aims to analyze the literature to discover which topics have been focused on and what the latest developments are in managing the occupational risk of PTSS in HCWs during the current pandemic. For the purpose of this review, we searched for publications in MEDLINE/Pubmed using selected keywords. The articles were reviewed and categorized into one or more of the following categories based on their subject matter: risk assessment, risk management, occurrence rates. A total of 16 publications matched our inclusion criteria. The topics discussed were: "Risk Assessment", "Occurrence Rates", and "Risk Management". Young age, low work experience, female gender, heavy workload, working in unsafe settings, and lack of training and social support were found to be predictors of PTSS. This review's findings showed the need for urgent interventions aimed at protecting HCWs from the psychological impact of traumatic events related to the pandemic and leading to PTSS; healthcare policies need to consider preventive and management strategies toward PTSS, and the related psychic sequelae, in HCWs.

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COVID-19Health PersonnelHumansOccupational ExposurePandemicsRisk AssessmentRisk ManagementSARS-CoV-2Stress Disorders, Post-TraumaticCOVID-19healthcare workerpost-traumatic stress disorderPTSDrisk assessmentrisk management

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PMID33445712
PMCPMC7828167
OpenAlexW3119326598

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