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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Longitudinal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Stress and Occupational Well-Being of Mental Health Professionals: An International Study
International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, Volume 26, No. 10, Year 2023
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Background: Increased levels of occupational stress among health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic have been documented. Few studies have examined the effects of the pandemic on mental health professionals despite the heightened demand for their services. Method: A multilingual, longitudinal, global survey was conducted at 3 time points during the pandemic among members of the World Health Organization's Global Clinical Practice Network. A total of 786 Global Clinical Practice Network members from 86 countries responded to surveys assessing occupational distress, well-being, and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Results: On average, respondents' well-being deteriorated across time while their posttraumatic stress symptoms showed a modest improvement. Linear growth models indicated that being female, being younger, providing face-to-face health services to patients with COVID-19, having been a target of COVID-related violence, and living in a low- or middle-income country or a country with a higher COVID-19 death rate conveyed greater risk for poor well-being and higher level of stress symptoms over time. Growth mixed modeling identified trajectories of occupational well-being and stress symptoms. Most mental health professions demonstrated no impact to well-being; maintained moderate, nonclinical levels of stress symptoms; or showed improvements after an initial period of difficulty. However, some participant groups exhibited deteriorating well-being approaching the clinical threshold (25.8%) and persistently high and clinically significant levels of posttraumatic stress symptoms (19.6%) over time. Conclusions: This study indicates that although most mental health professionals exhibited stable, positive well-being and low stress symptoms during the pandemic, a substantial minority of an already burdened global mental health workforce experienced persistently poor or deteriorating psychological status over the course of the pandemic. © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of CINP.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kogan, Cary S.
Canada, Ottawa
University of Ottawa
García-Pacheco, José Ángel
Mexico, Mexico
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
Rebello, Tahilia J.
United States, New York
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Montoya, Madeline I.
Mexico, Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente
Robles-García, Rebeca
Lebanon, Beirut
American University of Beirut
Khoury, Brigitte A.
Unknown Affiliation
Kulygina, Maya A.
Japan, Tokyo
Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology
Matsumoto, Chihiro
Unknown Affiliation
Huang, Jingjing
Mexico, Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente
Medina-Mora, M. E.
Nigeria, Abuja
World Health Organization, Nigeria
Gureje, Oye
South Africa, Observatory
Groote Schuur Hospital
Stein, Dan J.
South Africa, Observatory
Groote Schuur Hospital
India, New Delhi
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, new Delhi
Sharan, Pratap
Germany, Dusseldorf
Heinrich-heine-universität Düsseldorf
Gäebel, Wolfgang
Japan, Fukuoka
Kyushu University
Kanba, Shigenobu
United States, New York
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Andrews, Howard F.
United States, Lawrence
University of Kansas
Roberts, Michael C.
United States, New York
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Pike, Kathleen M.
China, Shanghai
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Zhao, Min
Spain, Madrid
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Universitario de la Princesa
Ayuso-Mateos, J. L.
Canada, Ottawa
Carleton University
Sadowska, Karolina
United States, New York
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Maré, Karen Thea
Mexico, Mexico
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
Denny, Keith
Canada, Ottawa
University of Ottawa
Reed, Geoffrey M.
Canada, Ottawa
University of Ottawa
Statistics
Authors: 24
Affiliations: 16
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/ijnp/pyad046
ISSN:
14611457
Research Areas
Covid
Mental Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Participants Gender
Female