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. 2024;79(2):57-66.
doi: 10.1080/19338244.2024.2350956. Epub 2024 May 28.

Availability, use, and impact of workplace mental health supports during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Canadian cohort of healthcare workers

Shannon Ruzycki  1 , Anil Adisesh  2 , Igor Burstyn  3 , Quentin Durand-Moreau  4 , France Labreche  5 , Tanis Zadunayski  4 , Nicola Cherry  4
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Availability, use, and impact of workplace mental health supports during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Canadian cohort of healthcare workers

Shannon Ruzycki et al. Arch Environ Occup Health. 2024.
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Abstract

We investigated the availability and use of workplace mental health (MH) supports during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Canadian cohort of healthcare workers (HCW) and measured anxiety and depression by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) completed at four contacts 2020-2022. Reports were available for 4400 HCW working with patients. Half the HCWs had a clinically significant HADS score at one or more contacts Access to MH supports increased during the pandemic, with 94% reporting access to some workplace support by 2022: 47% had made use of at least one support. 25% of those with high HADS scores used no support. Older women and men with depressive conditions were less likely to report use. Reported use of an Employee Assistance Program was associated with a reduction in HADS scores in the following months.

Keywords: Anxiety; COVID-19; depression; healthcare workers; mental health supports.

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