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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

The North Italian Longitudinal Study Assessing the Mental Health Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on Health Care Workers-Part I: Study Design and Psychometric Structural Validity of the HSE Indicator Tool and Work Satisfaction Scale.

Giovanni Veronesi, Emanuele Maria Giusti, Alessia D'Amato, Francesco Gianfagna, Rossana Borchini, Gianluca Castelnuovo, Licia Iacoviello, Marco Mario Ferrario

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Giovanni VeronesiEPIMED Research Center, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4119-6615
Emanuele Maria GiustiPsychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, 20149 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5767-8785
Alessia D'AmatoASST Sette Laghi, 21100 Varese, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8788-8641
Francesco GianfagnaEPIMED Research Center, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4615-0816
Rossana BorchiniUOS Medicina Preventiva e Legale, ASST Lariana, 22100 Como, Italy.
Gianluca CastelnuovoDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, 20123 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2633-9822
Licia IacovielloEPIMED Research Center, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy.
Marco Mario FerrarioEPIMED Research Center, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2741-7124

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Literature on the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the mental health of Health Care Workers (HCWs) is mostly based on cross-sectional surveys. We designed a longitudinal study to assess work-related stress and mental health before and after the pandemic onset in a university-hospital in Lombardia region, Italy. We report on sample representativeness and structural validity of questionnaires assessing work stress (HSE Indicator Tool, HSE-IT) and work satisfaction (WS), which were not validated in the HCWs population. n = 1287 HCWs from 67 hospital wards/offices were invited to an online survey in summer 2019 (pre-COVID-19 wave) and again during winter 2020 (COVID-19 wave). Selected hospital wards/offices did not differ from the remaining wards for turn-over and down-sizing rates, overload, sick leaves, and night shifts (Wilcoxon rank tests p-values > 0.05). Participation rates were 70% (n = 805) and 60% (n = 431) in the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 waves, respectively. Socio-demographic and work-related characteristics did not impact data completeness nor participation to the COVID-19 wave. While confirming a 7-component structure for HSE-IT, we identified a new factor related to participation in work organization. A one-factor model for WS had satisfactory fit. Our longitudinal study based on a representative sample and adopting validated questionnaires is well-suited to elucidate the role of work conditions on the development of mental health disorders in HCWs.

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COVID-19PandemicsCross-Sectional StudiesHealth PersonnelHumansJob SatisfactionLongitudinal StudiesMental HealthPsychometricsSARS-CoV-2COVID-19health care workersHSE indicator toollongitudinal studymental healthprincipal component analysiswork satisfaction

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