Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and insomnia among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis

By S. Pappa, Vasiliki Ntella, Timoleon Giannakas, V. Giannakoulis, E. Papoutsi, P. Katsaounou. Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2020

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Highlights • At least one in five healthcare professionals report symptoms of depression and anxiety.• Almost four in ten healthcare workers experience sleeping difficulties and/or insomnia.• Rates of anxiety and depression were higher for female healthcare workers and nursing staff.• Milder mood symptoms are common and screening should aim to identify mild and sub-threshold syndromes.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Neurology

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Mental health consequences during the initial stage of the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in Spain (2020, positive): “Regarding the current situation, a novel review and meta-analysis of the impact of the pandemic on our mental health, with 13 studies only carried out in Asian countries, indicated that anxiety and depression are often more than 20% prevalent (Pappa et al., 2020), with differences in gender and occu”
COVID‐19 anxiety among front‐line nurses: Predictive role of organisational support, personal resilience and social support (2020, background): “Further, due to their direct contact with COVID-19 patients, healthcare workers (HCWs) are more exposed to traumatic events such as patients’ suffering and deaths (Pappa et al., 2020), which could further amplify their fears and anxiety.”
Investigating the effect of national government physical distancing measures on depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic through meta-analysis and meta-regression (2020, methodology): “A meta-analysis with 13 studies that included 33 062 healthcare workers during COVID-19 reported a prevalence of 23.2% and 22.8% for anxiety and depression, respectively (Pappa et al., 2020).”
The mental health impact of the covid-19 pandemic on healthcare workers, and interventions to help them: A rapid systematic review (2020, positive): “Pappa et al. 11 identified thirteen studies in a search on 17 April 2020 and pooled prevalence rates; they reported that more than one of every five healthcare workers suffered from anxiety and/or depression; nearly two in five reported insomnia.”
Anxiety and depression in COVID-19 survivors: Role of inflammatory and clinical predictors (2020, positive): “With regard to the risk factor related to psychopathology, consistently with previous epidemiological studies, we have found that females, and patients with positive previous psychiatric diagnoses, suffered more in all psychopathological dimensions (Vindegaard and Eriksen Benros, 2020; Ozamiz-Etxeba”