Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on ICU Caregivers - 09/12/20
, Charlotte Coste a, Rocio Sanchez a, Bernard Allaouchiche a, b, c
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Abstract |
Subject and purpose |
Just as every pandemic, COVID-19 could lead to emotional and psychological disturbances among caregivers, especially in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), where significant stress related to the influx of patients, exposure to the virus and the lack of documentation on this new SARS occurred. The present study aimed at assessing the psychological impact of COVID-19 on the caregivers at the peak of the “crisis period”.
Materials and methods |
A survey using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Impact of Event Scale – Revised (IES-R) was proposed to the persons working in 5 ICUs of a French teaching hospital (8th of April to the 21st of April 2020). Logistic regression was performed to find independent risk factors for anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A value of p < 0.05 was considered significant.
Results |
The incidence of anxiety and depression were 48% and 16%, respectively. PTSD symptoms were present in 27% of respondents. The independent risk factors for developing anxiety syndrome were being assigned in COVID-19 + ICU (OR = 2.081 [95% confident interval (CI), 1.035-4.184)], and not be trained in intensive care medicine, OR = 2.570 [95% CI, 1.344-4.901]. The independent risk factors for PTSD are having a history of burn-out (OR = 4.591 [95% CI, 1.464-14.397] and not being trained in ICU, (OR = 2.155 [95% CI, 1.047-4.440]).
Conclusion |
COVID-19 could have a strong impact on ICU workers. These findings should lead to prevention procedures (ICU training sessions) in persons at risk.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : psychological impact, COVID-19, intensive care unit, caregivers, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder
Plan
Vol 39 - N° 6
P. 717-722 - décembre 2020 Retour au numéro
Article précédent
- A national healthcare response to intensive care bed requirements during the COVID-19 outbreak in France
- Jean-Yves Lefrant, Marc-Olivier Fischer, Hugo Potier, Cécile Degryse, Samir Jaber, Laurent Muller, Julien Pottecher, Hélène Charboneau, Eric Meaudre, Pierre Lanot, Vincent Bruckert, Benoît Plaud, Bertrand Dureuil, Emmanuel Samain, Hervé Bouaziz, Claude Ecoffey, Xavier Capdevila, for the French ICU study investigators group
- Update in COVID-19 in the intensive care unit from the 2020 HELLENIC Athens International symposium
- Jordi Rello, Mirko Belliato, Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos, Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Vladimir Jaksic, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Iosif Mporas, Paolo Pelosi, Garyphallia Poulakou, Spyridon Pournaras, Maximiliano Tamae-Kakazu, Jean-François Timsit, Grant Waterer, Sofia Tejada, George Dimopoulos
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