COVID-19 pandemic and Helsinki University Hospital personnel psychological well-being : Six-month follow-up results
Laukkala, Tanja; Suvisaari, Jaana; Rosenström, Tom; Pukkala, Eero; Junttila, Kristiina; Haravuori, Henna; Tuisku, Katinka; Haapa, Toni; Jylhä, Pekka (2021-03)
Laukkala, Tanja
Suvisaari, Jaana
Rosenström, Tom
Pukkala, Eero
Junttila, Kristiina
Haravuori, Henna
Tuisku, Katinka
Haapa, Toni
Jylhä, Pekka
03 / 2021
2524
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202105255427
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202105255427
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Peer reviewed
Tiivistelmä
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unequally distributed extra workload to hospital personnel and first reports have indicated that especially front-line health care personnel are psy-chologically challenged. A majority of the Finnish COVID-19 patients are cared for in the Helsinki University Hospital district. The psychological distress of the Helsinki University Hospital personnel has been followed via an electronic survey monthly since June 2020. We report six-month follow-up results of a prospective 18-month cohort study. Individual variation explained much more of the total variance in psychological distress (68.5%, 95% CI 65.2–71.9%) and negative changes in sleep (75.6%, 95% CI 72.2–79.2%) than the study survey wave (1.6%, CI 0.5–5.5%; and 0.3%, CI 0.1–1.2%). Regional COVID-19 incidence rates correlated with the personnel’s psychological distress. In ad-justed multilevel generalized linear multiple regression models, potentially traumatic COVID-19 pandemic-related events (OR 6.54, 95% CI 5.00–8.56) and front-line COVID-19 work (OR 1.81, 95% CI 1.37–2.39) was associated with personnel psychological distress but age and gender was not. While vaccinations have been initiated, creating hope, continuous follow-up and psychosocial support is still needed for all hospital personnel.
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- TUNICRIS-julkaisut [16929]