Factors associated with anxiety in multiprofessional health care residents during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Objective: To estimate the prevalence and factors associated with anxiety among multiprofessional health residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Cross-sectional study, conducted in July 2020 with multiprofessional health residents (n = 67) from a university hospital. We used the Beck Anxiety Inventory to assess anxiety. Analyzing data through the chi-square test, likelihood ratio, and multiple analysis using Poisson regression with robust variance. Results: The proportion of moderate/severe anxiety was 31.3%, which showed significant association with working in sectors involving COVID-19 and directly with suspected/confirmed cases of COVID-19. During the multiple analysis, we found prevalence of anxiety in participants who needed psychological support after entering their residence and those who used psychotropic meds. Conclusion: The results seem to indicate that residents had their mental health impaired during the pandemic, but the maintenance of the variables in the model also suggests that they sought help to control anxiety.

Mental disorder symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America – a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…A total of 65 unique samples from 62 studies involving 196 950 participants from Latin America were included in this meta-analysis (Badellino et al ., 2020, 2022; Campos et al ., 2020, 2021 a , 2021 b ; Chen et al ., 2021 a , 2021 b ; Civantos et al ., 2020; Cortés-Álvarez et al ., 2020; Dal'Bosco et al ., 2020; De Boni et al ., 2020; Fernández et al ., 2020; Giardino et al ., 2020; Guiroy et al ., 2020; Malgor et al ., 2020; Martinez et al ., 2020; Medeiros et al ., 2020; Mier-Bolio et al ., 2020; Monterrosa-Castro et al ., 2020; Mora-Magaña et al ., 2020; Passos et al ., 2020; Paz et al ., 2020; Samaniego et al ., 2020; Schuch et al ., 2020; Yáñez et al ., 2020; Antiporta et al ., 2021; Boluarte-Carbajal et al ., 2021; Brito-Marques et al ., 2021; Cayo-Rojas et al ., 2021; Cénat et al ., 2021; Dantas et al ., 2021; de Oliveira Andrade et al ., 2021; Espinosa-Guerra et al ., 2021; Esteves et al ., 2021; Fernandez et al ., 2021; Ferreira et al ., 2021; Feter et al ., 2021; Flores-Torres et al ., 2021; García-Espinosa et al ., 2021; Goularte et al ., 2021; Landaeta-Díaz et al ., 2021; Loret de Mola et al ., 2021; Mautong et al ., 2021; Mendonca et al ., 2021; Mota et al ., 2021; Nayak et al ., 2021; Puccinelli et al ., 2021; Ribeiro et al ., 2021; Schmitt Jr et al ., 2021; Scotta et al ., 2021; Serafim et al ., 2021; Souza et al ., 2021; Torrente et al ., 2021 a , 2021 b ; Villela et al ., 2021; Vitorino et al ., 2021; Werneck et al ., 2021; Zhang et al ., 2021 a , 2021 c ; da Silva Júnior et al ., 2021; Robles et al ., 2021) (Table 1 and online Supplementary Table S2). Some studies include multiple independent samples.…”

“…For example, one study examined the prevalence of both general healthcare workers and frontline healthcare workers. Among them, 35 samples (53.85%) were of general populations (Passos et al ., 2020; Antiporta et al ., 2021; Boluarte-Carbajal et al ., 2021; de Oliveira Andrade et al ., 2021; Espinosa-Guerra et al ., 2021; Ferreira et al ., 2021; Landaeta-Díaz et al ., 2021; Mautong et al ., 2021; Ribeiro et al ., 2021; Schmitt Jr et al ., 2021; Souza et al ., 2021; Torrente et al ., 2021 b ; Vitorino et al ., 2021; Badellino et al ., 2022), two samples (3.08%) were of frontline healthcare workers (Dal'Bosco et al ., 2020; Robles et al ., 2021), 19 samples (29.22%) were from general healthcare workers (Chen et al ., 2020; Civantos et al ., 2020; Giardino et al ., 2020; Guiroy et al ., 2020; Malgor et al ., 2020; Monterrosa-Castro et al ., 2020; Mora-Magaña et al ., 2020; Samaniego et al ., 2020; Yáñez et al ., 2020; Zhang et al ., 2021 a ; Villela et al ., 2021; Nayak et al ., 2021; Dantas et al ., 2021; Mota et al ., 2021; Brito-Marques et al ., 2021; Campos et al ., 2021 b ; Mier-Bolio et al ., 2020; Robles et al ., 2021) and nine samples (13.85%) were based on university students (Medeiros et al ., 2020; Campos et al ., 2021 a ; Cayo-Rojas et al ., 2021; Esteves et al ., 2021; Fernandez et al ., 2021; García-Espinosa et al ., 2021; Mendonca et al ., 2021; Scotta et al ., 2021; da Silva Júnior et al ., 2021). Of the 62 studies, 32 were from Brazil (49.22%) (Table 1).…”

“…In Latin America, 56 samples from 54 studies reported the prevalence of anxiety symptoms among 128 060 participants (Badellino et al ., 2020; Campos et al ., 2020, 2021 a , 2021 b ; Chen et al ., 2020; Civantos et al ., 2020; Cortés-Álvarez et al ., 2020; Dal'Bosco et al ., 2020; De Boni et al ., 2020; Fernández et al ., 2020; Malgor et al ., 2020; Martinez et al ., 2020; Medeiros et al ., 2020; Mier-Bolio et al ., 2020; Monterrosa-Castro et al ., 2020; Mora-Magaña et al ., 2020; Passos et al ., 2020; Paz et al ., 2020; Samaniego et al ., 2020; Schuch et al ., 2020; Yáñez et al ., 2020; Boluarte-Carbajal et al ., 2021; Cayo-Rojas et al ., 2021; Cénat et al ., 2021; Dantas et al ., 2021; de Oliveira Andrade et al ., 2021; Espinosa-Guerra et al ., 2021; Fernandez et al ., 2021; Ferreira et al ., 2021; Feter et al ., 2021; Flores-Torres et al ., 2021; García-Espinosa et al ., 2021; Giardino et al ., 2020; Goularte et al ., 2021; Landaeta-Díaz et al ., 2021; Loret de Mola et al ., 2021; Mautong et al ., 2021; Mendonca et al ., 2021; Nayak et al ., 2021; Puccinelli et al ., 2021; Ribeiro et al ., 2021; Serafim et al ., 2021; Souza et al ., 2021; Torrente et al ., 2021 a , 2021 b ; Vitorino et al ., 2021; Werneck et al ., 2021; Zhang et al ., 2021 a , 2021 b ; Caycho-Rodriguez et al ., 2022;; da Silva Júnior et al ., 2021; Robles et al ., 2021). Among all the anxiety survey tools used, the Generalised Anxiety Symptoms 7-items scale (GAD-7) was the most common (51.85%), followed by the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale – 21 Items (DASS-21) (18.52%), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) (9.26%), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) (3.70%) and nine others (each 1.85%).…”

“…Monterrosa-Castro et al, 2020; Mora-Magaña et al, 2020;Samaniego et al, 2020;Yáñez et al, 2020;Zhang et al, 2021a;Villela et al, 2021;Nayak et al, 2021;Dantas et al, 2021;Mota et al, 2021;Brito-Marques et al, 2021;Campos et al, 2021b;Mier-Bolio et al, 2020;Robles et al, 2021) and nine samples (13.85%) were based on university students(Medeiros et al, 2020;Campos et al, 2021a;Cayo-Rojas et al, 2021;Esteves et al, 2021; …”

Coping moderates the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and stress in men during the Covid-19 pandemic

“…In this context, individuals were more likely to report greater levels of depression, anxiety, insomnia, and somatic disorders (2) . Studies have been carried out in different populations, such as health care professionals (3)(4) , women (5) , and adolescents (6) . However, little attention has been paid to men's mental health issues in nursing professional practice (7) , even though men were more likely to be contaminated by the SARS-CoV-2 (7) and to commit suicide (8) in this context.…”