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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Mental Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Long-Term Exposure in Italian Dermatologists.

Cristina Ciuluvica Neagu, Giulio Gualdi, Marco Dal Canton, Fabrizio Fantini, Andrea Paradisi, Paolo Sbano, Marco Simonacci, Daniele Dusi, Gian Marco Vezzoni, Carmine D'Acunto and 6 more

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Article 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 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16 authors at 11 institutions in 2 countries.

Cristina Ciuluvica NeaguDepartment of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Giulio GualdiDepartment of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1640-6609
Marco Dal CantonAmbulatory of Medical and Surgical Dermatology Belluno, 32100 Belluno, Italy.
Fabrizio FantiniDepartment of Dermatology, Hospital "A. Manzoni", 23100 Lecco, Italy.
Andrea ParadisiDermatology Unit, General Hospital "Cristo Re", 00100 Rome, Italy.
Paolo SbanoDermatology Unit, General Hospital "Belcolle", 01100 Viterbo, Italy.
Marco SimonacciDepartment of Dermatology, Macerata Hospital, 62100 Macerata, Italy.
Daniele DusiDepartment of Dermatology, Macerata Hospital, 62100 Macerata, Italy.
Gian Marco Vezzoni"Don Bosco" Medical Center, 55049 Viareggio, Italy.
Carmine D'AcuntoDepartment of Emergency, Burn Center and Dermatology, "M. Bufalini" Hospital, 47100 Cesena, Italy.
Maurizio LombardoUnit of Dermatological Diseases, ASST "Sette Laghi", Hospital of "Circolo", 21100 Varese, Italy.
Malvina ZanchiAmbulatory of Medical and Surgical Dermatology Venice, 30100 Venice, Italy.
Zucchi AlfredoDepartment of Dermatology, University of Parma, 43100 Parma, Italy.
Klaus EisendleClinic of Dermatology, Central Hospital of Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8234-9964
Francesca PrignanoDepartment of Health Science, Section of Dermatology, University of Florence, 50121 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5997-2045
Paolo AmerioDepartment of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1589-9672
University of Chieti-Pescara · ITOspedale di MacerataAlessandro Manzoni Hospital · ITOspedale Cristo Re · ITOspedale di Belcolle · ITOspedale di Bolzano · ITOspedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi · ITOspedale “M. Bufalini” di Cesena · ITUniversidad Don Bosco · SVUniversity of Florence · ITUniversity of Parma · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study aimed at assessing the consequences of prolonged exposure to COVID-19 distress on mental health in non-frontline health care workers. For this purpose, we have conducted a survey on 425 Italian dermatologists, in the period February-March 2021. The psychopathological symptoms, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSD), as well as resilience, have been evaluated. The main factors that influence the physician's psychological health have been also investigated. Our study showed that the physicians older than 40 years, as well as those who lived this period in company, reported more personal resources, better managing the distress. Resilience, COVID-19 beliefs, COVID-19 working difficulties, and age were the common predictors of the severe psychopathological symptoms. An interesting result is that the lower level of resilience was the most powerful predictor of a more severe depression, as well as of a higher severity of generalized anxiety disorder, but not of COVID-19 PTSD. The fear of COVID-19 was the most powerful predictor of COVID-19 PTSD. Home conditions and previous SARS-CoV2 infection constituted significant predictors of severe depressive symptoms, but not of anxiety and COVID-19 PTSD. These results are useful in a better understanding of protective and risk factors involved in COVID-19 long-term distress exposure.

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COVID-19Stress Disorders, Post-TraumaticAnxietyDepressionDermatologistsHealth PersonnelHumansItalyMental HealthPandemicsRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2RNA, ViralanxietyCOVID-19depressionpost-traumatic distressresilience

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