From: Physical and mental health impacts of COVID-19 on healthcare workers: a scoping review
Author, year, country | Study title | Study design and population | Intervention/outcome | Key findings |
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Xiao H et al. 2020, China | The Effects of Social Support on Sleep Quality of Medical Staff Treating Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in January and February 2020 in China | Cross-sectional study N = 180 | Anxiety, self-efficacy, stress, sleep quality, social support | High levels of anxiety, stress, and self-efficacy were associated with sleep quality and social support |
Huang JZ et al. 2020, China | Mental health survey of 230 medical staff in a tertiary infectious disease hospital for COVID-19 | Cross-sectional study N = 246 | Mental health status (anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder) | Overall anxiety (23.04%) Severe anxiety (2.17%) Moderate anxiety (4.78%) Mild anxiety (16.09%) Anxiety in females higher than males (25.67% vs. 11.63%) Anxiety in nurses higher than doctors (26.88% vs. 14.29%) Stress disorder (27.39%) |
Chen Q et al. 2020, China | Mental health care for medical staff in China during the COVID-19 outbreak | Correspondence N = 1230 | Intervention: place of rest, food and daily supply for staff, video recording of the daily routine of staff, pre-job training to deal with psychological problems in patients, PPE, leisure activities and training to relax, psychological counselors Outcome: irritability, unwillingness to rest, psychological distress before and after intervention | The learning from psychological interventions is expected to help the Chinese government and other parts of the world to better respond to future unexpected infectious disease outbreaks |
Kang L et al. 2020, Wuhan, China | The mental health of medical workers in Wuhan, China dealing with the 2019 novel coronavirus | Correspondence N = 1230 | Intervention: Built psychological intervention medical team, hotline, various group activities to release stress Outcome: change in stress, anxiety, depressive symptoms, insomnia denial, anger and fear before and after intervention | This approach provides multifaceted psychological protection of the mental health of medical workers. |
Jianbo Lai et al. 2020, China | Factors associated with Mental Health outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 | Cross-sectional study N = 1257, 34 hospitals | Depression, anxiety, insomnia, and distress | Depression (50.4%) Anxiety (44.6%) Insomnia (34.0%) Distress (71.5%) More psychological burden among nurses, women, those in Wuhan, and frontline healthcare workers |
Physical health impacts | ||||
Ran L et al. 2020, Wuhan, China | Risk factors of Healthcare Workers with Corona Virus Disease 2019: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a Designated Hospital of Wuhan in China | Retrospective cohort study N = 83 | Sociodemographic characteristics, time to symptomatic progression, contact history, medical practice, hand hygiene, and PPE | 28 HCWs were diagnosed with COVID-19 Diagnosed family member (p < 0.01), unqualified hand-washing (p < 0.05), suboptimal hand hygiene before (p < 0.01), and after (p < 0.01) contact with patients Improper PPE (p < 0.05) were associated with increased risk of infection |
Liu M et al., 2020, China | Clinical characteristics of 30 medical workers infected with new coronavirus pneumonia | Cross-sectional study N = 30 | Clinical characteristics of medical staff with novel coronavirus pneumonia | Total of 30 cases, 26 mild cases, and 4 severe cases Cough (83.33%) Fever (76.67%) were the most common symptoms |
Lan J et al. 2020, Hubei, China | Skin damage among health-care workers managing coronavirus disease-2019 | Cross-sectional study N = 700 | Cutaneous complications related to preventative measures among health-care workers treating patients with COVID-19 | Prevalence of skin damage: 97% Nasal bridge most common site: 83.1% Dryness/tightness: 70.3% |
Kangqi Ng et al. 2020, Singapore | COVID-19 and the Risk to Health Care Workers: A Case Report | Case report N = 41 | The rate of infection in 41 health-care workers exposed to the patient with COVID-19 during aerosol-generating procedure | None of the healthcare workers got infected by COVID-19 85% of healthcare workers were wearing surgical masks while 15% were wearing N-95 during aerosol-generating procedure Surgical masks, hand hygiene, and other standard procedures were sufficient to protect against infection |
Vincent C.C. Cheng et al. 2020, Hongkong | Escalating infection control response to the rapidly evolving epidemiology of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong | Cross-sectional study N = 413 | Contact tracing of HCWs with unprotected exposure | 2.7% (11/413) HCWs had unprotected exposure, none of them were infected |