Background The coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic has had a profound and prolonged impact on healthcare services and healthcare *** The Australian COVID-19 Frontline Healthcare Workers Study aimed to investiga...
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Background The coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic has had a profound and prolonged impact on healthcare services and healthcare *** The Australian COVID-19 Frontline Healthcare Workers Study aimed to investigate the severity and prevalence of mental health issues,as well as the social,workplace and financial disruptions experienced by Australian healthcare workers during the COVID-19 *** A nationwide,voluntary,anonymous,single timepoint,online survey was conducted between 27 August and 23 October *** self-identifying as frontline healthcare workers in secondary or primary care were invited to *** were recruited through health organisations,professional associations or colleges,universities,government contacts and national ***,home and work situation,health and psychological well-being data were *** A total of 9518 survey responses were received;of the 9518 participants,7846(82.4%)participants reported complete *** regard to age,4110(52.4%)participants were younger than 40 years;6344(80.9%)participants were *** were nurses(n=3088,39.4%),doctors(n=2436,31.1%),allied health staff(n=1314,16.7%)or in other roles(n=523,6.7%).In addition,1250(15.9%)participants worked in primary *** measured mental health symptoms were common:mild to severe anxiety(n=4694,59.8%),moderate to severe burnout(n=5458,70.9%)and mild to severe depression(n=4495,57.3%).Participants were highly resilient(mean(SD)=3.2(0.66)).Predictors for worse outcomes on all scales included female gender;younger age;pre-existing psychiatric condition;experiencing relationship problems;nursing,allied health or other roles;frontline area;being worried about being blamed by colleagues and working with patients with *** The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with significant mental health symptoms in frontline healthcare *** preparedness together with policies and pra
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