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Multicenter Study
. 2021 Apr;19(4):836-838.e3.
doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2020.11.043. Epub 2020 Dec 3.

Psychological Health Among Gastroenterologists During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey

Eric D Shah  1 , Mohsen Pourmorteza  2 , B Joseph Elmunzer  3 , Sarah K Ballou  4 , Georgios I Papachristou  2 , Luis F Lara  2 , Uche Okafor  2 , Sheryl A Pfeil  2 , Darwin L Conwell  2 , Somashekar G Krishna  5 ; North American Alliance for the Study of Digestive Manifestations of COVID-19
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Multicenter Study

Psychological Health Among Gastroenterologists During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey

Eric D Shah et al. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Apr.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented and unique challenges to gastroenterologists eager to maintain clinical practice, patients' health, and their own physical/mental well-being. We aimed to estimate the prevalence and critical determinants of psychological distress in gastroenterologists during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Framework of intervenable targets to improve psychological health among gastroenterologists during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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