TY - JOUR
T1 - Depressive State in the Emergency Department During COVID-19
T2 - A National Cross-Sectional Survey in China
AU - Liu, Shuang
AU - Han, Wei
AU - Shen, Chenyu
AU - Zhu, Changju
AU - Wang, Qiaofang
AU - Liang, Xianquan
AU - He, Xiangxi
AU - Xie, Qin
AU - Wei, Jie
AU - Wu, Miao
AU - Zhao, Xiaodong
AU - Liu, Hongsheng
AU - Liu, Danping
AU - Guo, Xiaowang
AU - Nie, Shinan
AU - Cao, Liping
AU - Lu, Linxin
AU - Fang, Yaqin
AU - Lu, Zhongqiu
AU - Wu, Yixu
AU - Zhao, Min
AU - Han, Jun
AU - Zhang, Xinchao
AU - Chang, Jie
AU - Xu, Shuogui
AU - Ma, Wenjie
AU - Si, Junli
AU - Qi, Suxia
AU - Peng, Peng
AU - Chai, Yage
AU - Cao, Yu
AU - Jiang, Yaowen
AU - Yin, Wen
AU - Wang, Yanjun
AU - Zhan, Hong
AU - Huang, Yingxiong
AU - Deng, Ying
AU - Song, Juanjuan
AU - Yang, Lishan
AU - Wu, Jiali
AU - Ding, Banghan
AU - Zheng, Danwen
AU - Qian, Chuanyun
AU - Huang, Rui
AU - Lin, Jiyan
AU - Xu, Zhihong
AU - Zhang, Guoxiu
AU - Hu, Yingying
AU - Dou, Qingli
AU - Zhang, Xiaoming
AU - Tian, Yingping
AU - Yao, Dongqi
AU - Walline, Joseph Harold
AU - Zhu, Huadong
AU - Xu, Jun
AU - Li, Yi
AU - Yu, Xuezhong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2021 Liu, Han, Shen, Zhu, Wang, Liang, He, Xie, Wei, Wu, Zhao, Liu, Liu, Guo, Nie, Cao, Lu, Fang, Lu, Wu, Zhao, Han, Zhang, Chang, Xu, Ma, Si, Qi, Peng, Chai, Cao, Jiang, Yin, Wang, Zhan, Huang, Deng, Song, Yang, Wu, Ding, Zheng, Qian, Huang, Lin, Xu, Zhang, Hu, Dou, Zhang, Tian, Yao, Walline, Zhu, Xu, Li and Yu.
PY - 2021/6/14
Y1 - 2021/6/14
N2 - Chinese emergency department (ED) staff encountered significant mental stress while fighting the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We sought to investigate the prevalence and associated factors for depressive symptoms among ED staff (including physicians, nurses, allied health, and auxiliary ED staff). A cross-sectional national survey of ED staff who were on duty and participated in combating the COVID-19 pandemic was conducted March 1–15, 2020. A total of 6,588 emergency medical personnel from 1,060 hospitals responded to this survey. A majority of respondents scored above 10 points on the PHQ-9 standardized test, which is associated with depressive symptoms. Those aged 31–45, those working in the COVID-19 isolation unit, and those with relatives ≤ 16 or ≥70 years old at home all had statistically significant associations with scoring >10 points. Depressive symptoms among Chinese emergency medical staff were likely quite common during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and reinforce the importance of targeted ED staff support during future outbreaks.
AB - Chinese emergency department (ED) staff encountered significant mental stress while fighting the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We sought to investigate the prevalence and associated factors for depressive symptoms among ED staff (including physicians, nurses, allied health, and auxiliary ED staff). A cross-sectional national survey of ED staff who were on duty and participated in combating the COVID-19 pandemic was conducted March 1–15, 2020. A total of 6,588 emergency medical personnel from 1,060 hospitals responded to this survey. A majority of respondents scored above 10 points on the PHQ-9 standardized test, which is associated with depressive symptoms. Those aged 31–45, those working in the COVID-19 isolation unit, and those with relatives ≤ 16 or ≥70 years old at home all had statistically significant associations with scoring >10 points. Depressive symptoms among Chinese emergency medical staff were likely quite common during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and reinforce the importance of targeted ED staff support during future outbreaks.
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U2 - 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.566990
DO - 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.566990
M3 - Article
C2 - 34194341
AN - SCOPUS:85108952092
SN - 1664-0640
VL - 12
JO - Frontiers in Psychiatry
JF - Frontiers in Psychiatry
M1 - 566990
ER -