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SynthesisProgress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry2021

Prevalence of anxiety in health care professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid systematic review (on published articles in Medline) with meta-analysis.

Javier Santabárbara, Juan Bueno-Notivol, Darren M Lipnicki, Beatriz Olaya, María Pérez-Moreno, Patricia Gracia-García, Nahia Idoiaga-Mondragon, Naiara Ozamiz-Etxebarria

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Synthesis in Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

78 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  10. Prevalence of Anxiety in University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  11. Prevalence of Anxiety in Dental Students during the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Javier SantabárbaraDepartment of Microbiology, Pediatrics, Radiology and Public Health, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Ministry of Science and Innovation, Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Aragón (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, Spain.
Juan Bueno-NotivolPsychiatry Service, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain.
Darren M LipnickiCentre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales Medicine, Randwick, Australia.
Beatriz OlayaCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Ministry of Science and Innovation, Madrid, Spain; Research, Innovation and Teaching Unit, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain. Electronic address: beatriz.olaya@pssjd.org.
María Pérez-MorenoPharmacy Service, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain.
Patricia Gracia-GarcíaCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Ministry of Science and Innovation, Madrid, Spain; Psychiatry Service, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain; Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
Nahia Idoiaga-MondragonDepartment of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain.
Naiara Ozamiz-EtxebarriaDepartment of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the COVID-19, healthcare workers are exposed to a higher risk of mental health problems, especially anxiety symptoms. The current work aims at contributing to an update of anxiety prevalence in this population by conducting a rapid systematic review and meta-analysis. Medline and Pubmed were searched for studies on the prevalence of anxiety in health care workers published from December 1, 2019 to September 15, 2020. In total, 71 studies were included in this study. The pooled prevalence of anxiety in healthcare workers was 25% (95% CI: 21%-29%), 27% in nurses (95% CI: 20%-34%), 17% in medical doctors (95% CI: 12%-22%) and 43% in frontline healthcare workers (95% CI: 25%-62%). Our results suggest that healthcare workers are experiencing significant levels of anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially those on the frontline and nurses. However, international longitudinal studies are needed to fully understand the impact of the pandemic on healthcare workers' mental health, especially those working at the frontline.

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PandemicsAnxietyCOVID-19Cross-Sectional StudiesHealth PersonnelHumansPrevalenceTime FactorsAnxietyCOVID-19Health care workersProfessional categories

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PMID33453320
PMCPMC9188432

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