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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2022

COVID-19-Related Psychosocial Care in General Hospitals: Results of an Online Survey of Psychosomatic, Psychiatric, and Psychological Consultation and Liaison Services in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

Rainer Schaefert, Barbara Stein, Gunther Meinlschmidt, Noa Roemmel, Christian G Huber, Urs Hepp, Stéphane Saillant, Christian Fazekas, Frank Vitinius

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04753242 (Psychosocial Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Acute Hospitals - an International Online Survey of Psychosomatic, Psychiatric and Psychological Consultation and Liaison), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Psychosocial Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Acute Hospitals - an International Online Survey of Psychosomatic, Psychiatric and Psychological Consultation and Liaison (C&L) Services

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity Hospital, Basel, SwitzerlandRan2020 to 2021Enrolled230ConditionsCovid-19, COVID-19 Related Psychosocial BurdenArmsOnline survey questionnaire
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.

Rainer SchaefertDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Barbara SteinDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Paracelsus Medical Private University, Nuremberg General Hospital, Nuremberg, Germany.
Gunther MeinlschmidtDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Noa RoemmelDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Christian G HuberDepartment of Psychiatry (UPK), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Urs HeppIntegrated Psychiatric Services Winterthur - Zurcher Unterland, Winterthur, Switzerland.
Stéphane SaillantDepartment of General and Liaison Psychiatry, Neuchâtel Psychiatry Center (CNP), Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Christian FazekasDepartment of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Frank VitiniusDepartment of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
University of Basel · CHHospital Neuchâtel · CHIntegrierte Psychiatrie Winterthur · CHInternational Psychoanalytic University Berlin · DEMedical University of Graz · ATNuremberg Hospital · DEUniversity Hospital Cologne · DEUniversity Hospital of Basel · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was accompanied by new challenges for psychosocial health care to enable the support of affected patients, their families, and staff in general hospitals. In this study, we aimed to describe the structures and procedures put in place by psychosomatic, psychiatric, and psychological consultation and liaison (CL) services in German, Austrian, and Swiss general hospitals, and to elucidate the emerging needs for cooperation, networking, and improvement. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional online survey between December 2020 and May 2021, using a 25-item questionnaire derived from relevant literature, professional experience, and consultation with the participating professional societies. The survey was disseminated Results: We included responses from 98 CL services in the analyses, with a total response rate of 55% of surveyed hospital CL services; 52 responses originated from Germany, 20 from Austria, and 26 from Switzerland. A total of 77 (79%) of the 98 responding CL services reported that "COVID-19-related psychosocial care" (COVID-psyCare) was provided in their hospital. Among these, 47 CL services (61%) indicated that specific cooperation structures for COVID-psyCare had been established within the hospital. A total of 26 CL services (34%) reported providing specific COVID-psyCare for patients, 19 (25%) for relatives, and 46 (60%) for staff, with 61, 12, and 27% of time resources invested for these target groups, respectively. Regarding emerging needs, 37 (48%) CL services expressed wishes for mutual exchange and support regarding COVID-psyCare, and 39 (51%) suggested future changes or improvements that they considered essential. Conclusion: More than three-quarters of the participating CL services provided COVID-psyCare for patients, their relatives, or staff. The high prevalence of COVID-psyCare services targeting hospital staff emphasizes the liaison function of CL services and indicates the increased psychosocial strain on health care personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic. Future development of COVID-psyCare warrants intensified intra- and interinstitutional exchange and support. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04753242, version 11 February 2021.

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consultation and liaison serviceCOVID-19general hospitalpsychiatrypsychosocial carepsychosomaticsstaff supportstress

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