Psychosocial distress amongst Canadian intensive care unit healthcare workers during the acceleration phase of the COVID-19 pandemic

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 16; no. 8; p. e0254708
• Main Authors: Binnie, Alexandra, Moura, Kyra, Moura, Claire, D’Aragon, Frédérick, Tsang, Jennifer L. Y.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 12.08.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Anxieties; Anxiety; Availability; Canada; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Critical care; Disease transmission; Epidemics; Exposure; Females; Health care; Health risks; Infections; Intensive care; Intensive care units; Job stress; Medical personnel; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; Nurses; Pandemics; Patients; Personal protective equipment; Physicians; Protective equipment; Psychological aspects; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Risk; Risk factors; Services; Signs and symptoms; Social aspects; Stress; Variables; Viral diseases; Workers; Canada; Ontario Canada; Quebec Canada

Intensive care unit healthcare workers (ICU HCW) are at risk of mental health issues during emerging disease outbreaks. A study of ICU HCW from France revealed symptoms of anxiety and depression in 50.4% and 30.4% of workers at the peak of the first wave of the pandemic. The level of COVID-19 exposu...