NDLI: Psychosocial Impact and Role of Resilience on Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic

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Psychosocial Impact and Role of Resilience on Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic

Content Provider	MDPI
Author	Coco, Marinella Guerrera, Claudia Santisi, Giuseppe Riggio, Febronia Grasso, Roberta Corrado, Donatella Di Nuovo, Santo Di Ramaci, Tiziana
Copyright Year	2021
Description	Italy was the first European country to be affected by the 2019 coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19). Several studies have shown the risk of developing depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder in medical and paramedical staff. Causes included the high contagiousness of the virus, the fear of contracting it, the lack of adequate personal protective equipment, and physical and psychological fatigue. In this context, resilience represents a protective factor against adversity and stress burden. The aim of this research was to investigate if and how the resilience and personality profile is able to influence the response to stress and anxiety on a sample of Italian healthcare workers, during the COVID-19 outbreak. The sample consisted of 152 frontline healthcare workers, physicians, and paramedical professionals. Participants completed the online questionnaire measuring the Resilience Scale for Adults, the Big Five Inventory-10 Item, the State Anxiety Inventory, and the Perceived Stress Scale. Analyses of data aimed to show differences in the stress of healthcare workers due to gender and professional role, and at finding, by means of multidimensional scaling, the relations among anxiety, stress, resilience, and traits of personality. The findings gave some suggestions for implementing strategies useful to increase the resilience in healthcare workers and support them to cope with stressful events, typical of the pandemic emergency.
Starting Page	7096
e-ISSN	20711050
DOI	10.3390/su13137096
Journal	Sustainability
Issue Number	13
Volume Number	13
Language	English
Publisher	MDPI
Publisher Date	2021-06-24
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Sustainability Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Covid-19 Healthcare Workers Resilience Mental Health Psychosocial Impact Stress Anxiety
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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