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Frontiers in Psychiatry

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Mental Health Consequences for Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review to Draw Lessons for LMICs

Modhurima Moitra ^{1, 2}

Muhammad Rahman ¹

Pamela Y. Collins ^{1, 3}

Fatima Gohar ⁴

Marcia Weaver ^{1, 2}

John Kinuthia ^{1, 5}

Wulf Rössler ⁶

Stefan Petersen ⁷

Jurgen Unutzer ^{1, 3}

Shekhar Saxena ⁸

Keng-Yen Huang ⁹

Joanna Lai ⁴

Manasi Kumar ^{1, 10, 11}

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Department of Global Health, University of Washington, United States |

Department of Health Metrics Sciences, University of Washington, United States |

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, United States |

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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), United States |

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Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya |

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Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Switzerland |

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DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH, UPPSALA UNIVERSITY, Sweden |

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Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, United States |

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Department of Population Health & Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University, United States |

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Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Kenya |

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Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, United Kingdom |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2021-01-27

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ISSN: 16640640

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.602614

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Psychiatry and Mental health

Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the mental health of healthcare workers (HCWs) particularly in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). This scoping review provides a summary of current evidence on the mental health consequences of COVID on HCWs.

Methods: A scoping review was conducted searching PubMed and Embase for articles relevant to mental health conditions among HCWs during COVID-19. Relevant articles were screened and extracted to summarize key outcomes and findings.

Results: A total of fifty-one studies were included in this review. Depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, psychological trauma, insomnia and sleep quality, workplace burnout and fatigue, and distress were the main outcomes reviewed. Most studies found a high number of symptoms endorsed for depression, anxiety, and other conditions. We found differences in symptoms by sex, age, and HCW role, with female, younger-aged, frontline workers, and non-physician workers being affected more than other subgroups.

Conclusion: This review highlights the existing burden of mental health conditions reported by HCWs during COVID-19. It also demonstrates emerging disparities among affected HCW subgroups. This scoping review emphasizes the importance of generating high quality evidence and developing informed interventions for HCW mental health with a focus on LMICs.

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Moitra M. et al. Mental Health Consequences for Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review to Draw Lessons for LMICs // Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2021. Vol. 12.

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Moitra M., Rahman M., Collins P. Y., Gohar F., Weaver M., Kinuthia J., Rössler W., Petersen S., Unutzer J., Saxena S., Huang K., Lai J., Kumar M. Mental Health Consequences for Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review to Draw Lessons for LMICs // Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2021. Vol. 12.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.602614

UR - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.602614

TI - Mental Health Consequences for Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review to Draw Lessons for LMICs

T2 - Frontiers in Psychiatry

AU - Moitra, Modhurima

AU - Rahman, Muhammad

AU - Collins, Pamela Y.

AU - Gohar, Fatima

AU - Weaver, Marcia

AU - Kinuthia, John

AU - Rössler, Wulf

AU - Petersen, Stefan

AU - Unutzer, Jurgen

AU - Saxena, Shekhar

AU - Huang, Keng-Yen

AU - Lai, Joanna

AU - Kumar, Manasi

PY - 2021

DA - 2021/01/27

PB - Frontiers Media S.A.

VL - 12

PMID - 33584383

SN - 1664-0640

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@article{2021_Moitra,

author = {Modhurima Moitra and Muhammad Rahman and Pamela Y. Collins and Fatima Gohar and Marcia Weaver and John Kinuthia and Wulf Rössler and Stefan Petersen and Jurgen Unutzer and Shekhar Saxena and Keng-Yen Huang and Joanna Lai and Manasi Kumar},

title = {Mental Health Consequences for Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review to Draw Lessons for LMICs},

journal = {Frontiers in Psychiatry},

year = {2021},

volume = {12},

publisher = {Frontiers Media S.A.},

month = {jan},

url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.602614},

doi = {10.3389/fpsyt.2021.602614}

}

Publisher

Frontiers Media S.A.

Journal

Frontiers in Psychiatry

scimago Q1

wos Q2

SJR

1.192

CiteScore

6.2

Impact factor

3.2

ISSN

16640640 (Print, Electronic)