Author:
Chang Qing,Su Han,Xia Yang,Gao Shanyan,Zhang Ming,Ma Xiaoyu,Liu Yashu,Zhao Yuhong
Abstract
BackgroundIn China, mental health of frontline medical staff might be influenced by clinicians' ability to handle the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Few studies to-date have addressed the association between clinicians' competencies and mental health in this context. This cross-sectional study was to examine the prevalence of mental health symptoms among frontline medical staff that fought against the COVID-19 outbreak, and explore the associations between their competencies, and separate and concurrent depressive and anxiety symptoms.MethodsA total of 623 frontline medical staff was included in this study. Competencies, depressive symptoms, and anxiety symptoms were assessed using a self-reported short form of the Chinese clinical physicians' competency model, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 questionnaire, respectively. Logistic regression models were used to evaluate the associations between one SD increase in competency scores and the prevalence of mental health problems.ResultsThe prevalence of depressive, anxiety, and comorbid depressive and anxiety symptoms was 40.93, 31.78, and 26.00%, respectively. Among the medical staff with higher total competency scores, the prevalence of depressive [odds ratios (ORs) = 0.67, 95% confidence intervals (CIs): 0.55–0.81], anxiety (OR = 0.68, 95% CI: 0.56–0.83), and comorbid anxiety and depressive symptoms (OR = 0.69, 95% CI: 0.55–0.83) was lower than among their lower-scoring counterparts. Subgroup analyses stratified by core competency scores revealed similar associations as the main analyses.ConclusionThe present findings highlight the association between high core competency scores and lower prevalence of depressive, anxiety, and comorbid anxiety and depressive symptoms.
Funder
Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province
Foundation of Liaoning Province Education Administration
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health
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