ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2024
Network analysis of anxiety and cognitive impairment among mental healthcare workers.
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- Network analysis of depressive symptoms, cognitive functioning, and life satisfaction among healthcare workers.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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Introduction: With the rising demand for medical services and the associated burden, work-related stress and mental health issue have garnered increased attention among healthcare workers. Anxiety, cognitive impairment, and their comorbidities severely impact the physical and mental health as well as the work status of healthcare workers. The network analysis method was used to identify the anxiety and cognitive impairment among mental healthcare workers using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) and the Perceived Deficit Questionnaire for Depression (PDQ-D). We sought to identify the core symptoms associated with the comorbidity of anxiety and cognitive impairment in mental healthcare workers. Methods: The study was conducted by Shandong Daizhuang Hospital and Qingdao Mental Health Center in China from September 13, 2022, to October 25, 2022, involving a total of 680 healthcare workers as participants. GAD-7 and PDQ-D were utilized to assess anxiety and cognitive impairment, respectively. Regularized partial correlation network analysis was employed to examing the expected influence and predictability of each item within the network. Statistical analysis and visualization of the network were performed using R software. Results: The mean total score for anxiety was 3.25, while the mean total score for cognitive symptoms was 15.89. PDQ17 "Remembering numbers", PDQ12 "Trouble get started" and PDQ20 "Trouble make decisions" emerged as central symptoms in the anxiety-cognition network. GAD6 "Irritable", GAD5 "Restlessness" and GAD1 "Nervousness or anxiety" were identified as the most critical bridge symptoms connecting anxiety and cognition. Gender was found to be unrelated to the global strength of the network, edge weight distribution, or individual edge weights. Conclusion: Utilizing central and bridge symptoms (i.e., Remembering numbers, Trouble get started, Trouble make decisions, Irritable, Restlessness and Nervousness or anxiety) as primary intervention points may aid in mitigating the serious health consequences of anxiety, cognitive impairment, and comorbidities anxiety and cognitive impairment for mental healthcare workers.
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