Health service and psychotropic medication use for mental health conditions among healthcare workers active during the Spain Covid-19 Pandemic: a prospective cohort study using web-based surveys
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- dc.contributor.author Mortier, Philippe
- dc.contributor.author Vilagut Saiz, Gemma, 1975-
- dc.contributor.author García-Mieres, Helena
- dc.contributor.author Alayo, Itxaso
- dc.contributor.author Ferrer Forés, Maria Montserrat
- dc.contributor.author Amigo, Franco
- dc.contributor.author Sanz, Ferran
- dc.contributor.author Alonso Caballero, Jordi
- dc.contributor.author MINDCOVID Working group
- dc.date.accessioned 2024-03-25T06:58:28Z
- dc.date.available 2024-03-25T06:58:28Z
- dc.date.issued 2024
- dc.description Includes supplementary materials for the online appendix.
- dc.description.abstract Little is known about healthcare workers’ (HCW) use of healthcare services for mental disorders. This study presents data from a 16-month prospective cohort study of Spanish HCW (n = 4,809), recruited shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic onset, and assessed at four timepoints using web-based surveys. Use of health services among HCW with mental health conditions (i.e., those having a positive screen for mental disorders and/or suicidal thoughts and behaviours [STB]) was initially low (i.e., 18.2 %) but increased to 29.6 % at 16-month follow-up. Service use was positively associated with pre-pandemic mental health treatment (OR=1.99), a positive screen for major depressive disorder (OR=1.50), panic attacks (OR=1.74), suicidal thoughts and behaviours (OR=1.22), and experiencing severe role impairment (OR=1.33), and negatively associated with being female (OR = 0.69) and a higher daily number of work hours (OR=0.95). Around 30 % of HCW with mental health conditions used anxiolytics (benzodiazepines), especially medical doctors. Four out of ten HCW (39.0 %) with mental health conditions indicated a need for (additional) help, with most important barriers for service use being too ashamed, long waiting lists, and professional treatment not being available. Our findings delineate a clear mental health treatment gap among Spanish HCW.
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- dc.identifier.citation Mortier P, Vilagut G, García-Mieres H, Alayo I, Ferrer M, Amigo F, et al. Health service and psychotropic medication use for mental health conditions among healthcare workers active during the Spain Covid-19 Pandemic: a prospective cohort study using web-based surveys. Psychiatry Research. 2024 Apr;334:115800. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115800
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115800
- dc.identifier.issn 0165-1781
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/59544
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Elsevier
- dc.relation.ispartof Psychiatry Research. 2024 Apr;334:115800
- dc.rights © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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- dc.subject.keyword Treatments
- dc.subject.keyword Mental disorders
- dc.subject.keyword Suicidal ideation
- dc.subject.keyword Attempted suicide
- dc.subject.keyword Cohort study
- dc.subject.keyword Prospective study
- dc.subject.keyword Health care surveys
- dc.title Health service and psychotropic medication use for mental health conditions among healthcare workers active during the Spain Covid-19 Pandemic: a prospective cohort study using web-based surveys
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