Version 1
: Received: 23 September 2022 / Approved: 26 September 2022 / Online: 26 September 2022 (11:42:28 CEST)
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Esquirol Caussa, J.; García San Emeterio, M.; Méndez Olavide, M.; Bayo Tallón, V.; Sánchez Aldeguer, J. Prevalence of Physical Symptoms and Burnout Syndrome in Healthcare Professionals after One Year of Pandemic: Study #COVID 19PS. Preprints2022, 2022090400. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202209.0400.v1
Esquirol Caussa, J.; García San Emeterio, M.; Méndez Olavide, M.; Bayo Tallón, V.; Sánchez Aldeguer, J. Prevalence of Physical Symptoms and Burnout Syndrome in Healthcare Professionals after One Year of Pandemic: Study #COVID 19PS. Preprints 2022, 2022090400. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202209.0400.v1
Esquirol Caussa, J.; García San Emeterio, M.; Méndez Olavide, M.; Bayo Tallón, V.; Sánchez Aldeguer, J. Prevalence of Physical Symptoms and Burnout Syndrome in Healthcare Professionals after One Year of Pandemic: Study #COVID 19PS. Preprints2022, 2022090400. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202209.0400.v1
APA Style
Esquirol Caussa, J., García San Emeterio, M., Méndez Olavide, M., Bayo Tallón, V., & Sánchez Aldeguer, J. (2022). Prevalence of Physical Symptoms and Burnout Syndrome in Healthcare Professionals after One Year of Pandemic: Study #COVID 19PS. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202209.0400.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Esquirol Caussa, J., Vanessa Bayo Tallón and Josep Sánchez Aldeguer. 2022 "Prevalence of Physical Symptoms and Burnout Syndrome in Healthcare Professionals after One Year of Pandemic: Study #COVID 19PS" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202209.0400.v1
Abstract
Purpose: The healthcare pressure and emotional tension during the first year of the COVID 19 pandemic have been able to affect the health of healthcare personnel. Physical and psychological symptoms attributed to a work situation and or COVID 19 infection are describ ed in health professionals. Objective: to analyze the prevalence of physical and psychological symptoms directly or indirectly related to COVID 19 (occupational causes, illness or persistent COVID 19) after a 12 month pandemic. Methods: #COVID19PS is a cro ss sectional analytical study using an ad hoc questionnaire distributed through social media to record physical and psychological symptoms related to COVID 19 in health professionals. Variables: age, sex, geographical origin, profession, characteristics of the work environment, physical symptoms, Maslach test ( for health professionals. Univariate and bivariate statistical analysis using t distribution, Chi square, ANOVA using IBM SPSS v20®. Results: N=1.159 ( women, 21.8% men; 44.6% <35 years old, 23.9% between 35 45years); 96.5% Spaniards. Professions: 17.1% medicine, 12.7% nursing, 32% physiotherapy, 24.1% occupational therapy, 14.1% others; 47.5% belonged to direct care for COVID 19 patients. 28.2% had passed the disease and 3.7% had it acti ve. 61.6% had physical symptoms ( neurological, 31.7% musculoskeletal, 29.6% general, 20.9% gastrointestinal, 20.3% skin, 19.2% cardiovascular, 16% respiratory (p= 96.9% had a medium high Burnout index (p= 48.3% with high levels of Emot ional Exhaustion, 62.9% with medium high level of Depersonalization and 74% with medium low levels of Personal Accomplishment. Conclusion: all health professions present high rates of physical and burnout consequences of the first year of COVID 19 pandemic.
Keywords
COVID 19; health personnel; Burnout, Psychological; COVID 19 stress syndrome
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental Health
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