Rapid Systematic Review of Psychological Symptoms in Health Care Workers COVID-19

Clare Killikelly; Lonneke I.M. Lenferink; Hanzhang Xie; Andreas Maercker

doi:10.1080/15325024.2020.1864115

Rapid Systematic Review of Psychological Symptoms in Health Care Workers COVID-19

Clare Killikelly^*
, Lonneke I.M. Lenferink
, Hanzhang Xie
, Andreas Maercker

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Background: Worldwide, health care professionals are facing unprecedented stress levels due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A rapid systematic review of peer-reviewed studies examining psychological symptoms in HCW working during COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. 13,999 participants were included. Results: After 3,408 studies were screened for inclusion, 10 were included in the final analysis. About half of HCW presented with possible PTSD (i.e., scored above a clinical cutoff). Limitations: An update of the search should be conducted. Conclusions: These initial studies suggest a high rate of possible PTSD diagnosis in frontline HCW.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	638-655
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Loss and Trauma
Volume	26
Issue number	7
Early online date	12 Jan 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2020.1864115
Publication status	Published - 3 Oct 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

anxiety
COVID-19
depression
health care workers (HCW)
PTSD
Rapid systematic review

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