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Asociación Colombiana de Otorrinolaringología y Cirugía de Cabeza y cuello, Maxilofacial y Estética Facial (ACORL)

2021, Number 2

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Acta de Otorrinolaringología CCC 2021; 49 (2)

COVID-19 pandemic effects on otolaryngologist’s mental health in Hispanoamerica

Osorio-Anaya S, Molina-Villar H, Uribe-Escobar A, Ochoa-Martelo MC

Language: Spanish
References: 35
Page: 121-128
PDF size: 192.74 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic could affect the mental health, especially to the health workforce directly exposed to the virus. ENT surgeons have one of the highest risks of exposure and infection by SARS-CoV-2. Methods: Crosssectional study in otolaryngologists from Hispanoamerica. Socioeconomic and demographic variables were evaluated with the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 score. Results: 256 ENT surgeons from sixteen Hispanoamerican countries were studied. The PHQ- 9 scale presented an average of 5.45 (SD 4.22). The GAD-7 score presented an average of 4.55 (SD 3.457). The prevalence of major depression and generalized anxiety disorders were 14.8 % and 7 %, respectively. In the multivariate analysis, the otolaryngologists who have been tested by nasopharyngeal swab have a significant prediction to present a higher score on the PHQ-9 score (coefficient β = 2.350, p=0.027), while on the GAD-7 score, older individuals have a significant prediction of lower score (coefficient β = -0.144, p=0.002). Otolaryngologists with more years of experience (coefficient β = 0.909, p=0.037) and those who have undergone RTPCR testing with nasopharyngeal swab have a significant prediction to present a higher GAD-7 (coefficient β = 2.370, p = 0.027). Conclusion: During the pandemic, otolaryngologists in Hispanoamerica have presented drastic changes in their social and economic conditions, and their potential effects on mental health. Exposure to the nasopharyngeal swab test for the diagnosis of COVID-19 was the only independent variable that was associated with higher scores on GAD-7 and PHQ-9.


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