@article{ref1,
title="El impacto de la pandemia de COVID-19 en la salud mental de los trabajadores de la salud en Chile: datos iniciales de The Health Care Workers Study",
journal="Revista Medica de Chile",
year="2021",
author="Alvarado, Rubén and Ramirez, Jorge and Lanio, Italo and Cortés, Margarita and Aguirre, Joantoniarge and Bedregal, Paula and Allel, Kasim and Tapia-Munoz, Thamara and Burrone, María Soledad and Cuadra-Malinarich, Gonzalo and Goycolea, Rodrigo and Mascayano, Franco and Sapag, Jaime and Schilling, Sara and Soto, Gonzalo and Traub, Carolina and Villarroel, Sebastián and Alarcãn, Sebastián",
volume="149",
number="8",
pages="1205-1214",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers' mental health was affected by SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. <br><br>AIM: To evaluate healthcare workers' mental health and its associated factors during the pandemic in Chile. Material and Methods: An online self-reported questionnaire was designed including the Goldberg Health Questionnaire, the Patient Health Questionnaire, (PHQ-9), and the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale among other questions. It was sent to 28,038 healthcare workers. <br><br>RESULTS: The questionnaire was answered by 1,934 participants, with a median age of 38 years (74% women). Seventy five percent were professionals, and 48% worked at a hospital. Fifty nine percent of respondents had a risk of having a mental health disorder, and 73% had depressive symptoms. Significant associations were found with sex, workplace, and some of the relevant experiences during the pandemic. Fifty one percent reported the need for mental health support, and 38% of them received it. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: There is a high percentage of health workers with symptoms of psychological distress, depression, and suicidal ideas. The gender approach is essential to understand the important differences found. Many health workers who required mental health care did not seek or received it.<p /><p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="0034-9887",
doi="10.4067/s0034-98872021000801205",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/s0034-98872021000801205"
}