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Differences between the psychological symptoms of health workers and general community after the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in Spain


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Title: Differences between the psychological symptoms of health workers and general community after the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in Spain
Authors : Reno Chanca, Sergio
Hoey, Julie van
Santolaya Prego de Oliver, Jesús Alberto
Blasko Ochoa, Ilargi
Sanfeliu Aguilar, Pilar
Moret Tatay, Carmen
Keywords: Población - Salud mental - España.Population - Mental health - Spain.Psychologists - Mental health - Spain.Anxiety.Psicólogos - Salud mental - España.COVID-19 - España.Angustia.COVID-19 (Disease) - Spain.
Publisher: Frontiers Media
Citation: Reno-Chanca, S., Van Hoey, J., Santolaya-Prego de Oliver, J. A., Blasko-Ochoa, I., Sanfeliu Aguilar, P. & Moret-Tatay, C. (2021). Differences between the psychological symptoms of health workers and general community after the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in Spain. Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 12, art. 644212 (03 sep.). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.644212
Abstract: The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has worsened the physical and mental health of the general population. Healthcare workers have a high risk of suffering a mental disorder after the first wave. In this way, psychologists, who deal with mental health issues and are considered as healthcare workers in many countries, are of interest in this context. The present study aimed to examine anxiety, depression, stress, and obsessions and compulsions across psychologists, healthcare professionals, and the general community. These variables were measured through the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21), as well as the Yale–Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (YBOCS), which are related to different sociodemographic variables. The study was carried out after the first wave in Spain through an online questionnaire. Structural equation modeling and a multigroup analysis were carried out across the groups and variables under study. The results suggested that; (i) healthcare workers and general community depicted similar results in anxiety and stress, as well as obsessions; (ii) the group of psychologists depicted better scores than the other groups under study; (iii) stress and anxiety did not predict compulsions in the group of psychologists; (iv) anxiety predicted obsessions for all the professions, while the relationship of this variable with stress was different for each group; and (v) invariance reached a full metric level.
Description: Este artículo se encuentra disponible en la siguiente URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.644212/full
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10637/13648
Rights : http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es
ISSN: 1664-1078 (Electrónico)
Issue Date: 3-Sep-2021
Center : Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU
Appears in Collections:Dpto. Medicina y Cirugía





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