Mental Health Outcomes Among Frontline and Second-Line Health Care Workers During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in Italy

Rodolfo Rossi; Valentina Socci; Francesca Pacitti; Giorgio Di Lorenzo; Antinisca Di Marco; Alberto Siracusano; Alessandro Rossi

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.10185

Mental Health Outcomes Among Frontline and Second-Line Health Care Workers During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in Italy

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 May 1;3(5):e2010185. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.10185.

Authors

Rodolfo Rossi¹, Valentina Socci², Francesca Pacitti², Giorgio Di Lorenzo^{1

3

4}, Antinisca Di Marco⁵, Alberto Siracusano^{1

3}, Alessandro Rossi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Applied Clinical Sciences and Biotechnologies, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
³ Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
⁴ IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science, and Mathematics, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study reports on symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and insomnia among health care workers in Italy during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

MeSH terms

Adult
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / psychology*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression / psychology
Female
Health Personnel / psychology*
Humans
Italy
Male
Middle Aged
Occupational Exposure / statistics & numerical data
Occupational Stress / psychology*
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / psychology*
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
Stress, Psychological / psychology*
Surveys and Questionnaires