dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-01T21:18:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-02-01T21:18:29Z | |
dc.date.created | 2022-02-01T21:18:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/11332 | |
dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2452 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) have a great impact on mental health outcomes of adults. However, little is known whether ACE may act as modulators of the mental health of health professionals caring for patients with COVID-19. Methods: Data were collected through an online cross-sectional survey administered to health professionals in Lima (Peru) between May and July 2020. The survey included standardized self-assessment instruments for anxiety, depression, acute stress (AS) and history of ACE. Results: A total of 542 health professionals completed the survey. Caring for patients with COVID-19 was significantly associated with depression and anxiety and when caring for patients with COVID-19 was combined with a history of early sexual abuse, its effect on the risk of anxiety increased (OR = 7.71, p = .010). Mental health problems were associated with female gender in almost all the analyses and with the majority of ACEs. Conclusions: Health workers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic presented a high risk of mental health disorders. Antecedents of sexual abuse acted as a potentiating factor of anxiety in professionals providing COVID-19 care. These findings suggest that the burden of ACE modulates mental health problems in health professionals during the pandemic | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | Wiley | |
dc.relation | Brain and Behavior | |
dc.relation | 2162-3279 | |
dc.rights | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es | |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | |
dc.subject | adverse childhood experiences | |
dc.subject | anxiety | |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | |
dc.subject | depression | |
dc.subject | health professionals | |
dc.subject | SARS-CoV-2 | |
dc.title | Depression and anxiety symptoms and perceived stress in health professionals in the context of COVID-19: Do adverse childhood experiences have a modulating effect? | |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |