Burnout and somatic symptoms among frontline healthcare professionals at the peak of the Italian COVID-19 pandemic

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113129

. 2020 Aug:290:113129.

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113129. Epub 2020 May 27.

Burnout and somatic symptoms among frontline healthcare professionals at the peak of the Italian COVID-19 pandemic

Serena Barello¹, Lorenzo Palamenghi², Guendalina Graffigna²

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¹ EngageMinds HUB - Consumer, Food & Health Engagement Research Center, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: serena.barello@unicatt.it.
² EngageMinds HUB - Consumer, Food & Health Engagement Research Center, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy.

PMID: 32485487
PMCID: PMC7255285
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113129

Burnout and somatic symptoms among frontline healthcare professionals at the peak of the Italian COVID-19 pandemic

Serena Barello et al. Psychiatry Res. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug:290:113129.

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113129. Epub 2020 May 27.

Authors

Serena Barello¹, Lorenzo Palamenghi², Guendalina Graffigna²

Affiliations

¹ EngageMinds HUB - Consumer, Food & Health Engagement Research Center, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: serena.barello@unicatt.it.
² EngageMinds HUB - Consumer, Food & Health Engagement Research Center, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy.

PMID: 32485487
PMCID: PMC7255285
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113129

Abstract

Italy is among the most severely hit nations in terms of hospital patients' overload, and its healthcare workforce is struggling to cope with challenges that could threaten their own wellbeing. In this scenario, understanding the health-related consequences of COVID-19 outbreak on Italian frontline healthcare professionals is urgent. Our study provides a first account of the huge psycho-physical impact of COVID-19 outbreak for healthcare workers in Italy. Italian healthcare professionals reported relevant work-related psychological pressure, emotional burnout and somatic symptoms. This result requires attention as previous studies showed that emotional distress is associated with long-lasting effect on professionals' health, including risk of post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Declaration of Competing Interests The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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[1] Bonetti L., Tolotti A., Valcarenghi D., Pedrazzani C., Barello S., Ghizzardi G., Graffigna G., Sari D., Bianchi M. Burnout precursors in oncology nurses: a preliminary cross-sectional study with a systemic organizational analysis. Sustainability. 2019;11(5):1246. doi: 10.3390/su11051246. 1–13. - DOI

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[9] Maunder R., Lancee W., Balderson K., Bennett J., Borgundvaag B., Evans S., Fernandes C., Goldbloom D., Gupta M., Hunter J., Hall McGillis, L. Nagle, L. Pain, C. Peczeniuk, S. Raymond, G. Read, N. Rourke, S. Steinberg, R. Stewart, T. VanDeVelde-Coke, S. Veldhorst, G., Wasylenki D. Long-term psychological and occupational effects of providing hospital healthcare during SARS outbreak. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 2006;12:1924–1932. doi: 10.3201/eid1212.060584. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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