Open AccessImpact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on healthcare workers: systematic comparison between nurses and medical doctors
Author(s) -
Miriam Kunz,
Martina Strasser,
Alkomiet Hasan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current opinion in psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.66
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1473-6578
pISSN - 0951-7367
DOI - 10.1097/yco.0000000000000721
Subject(s) - pandemic , anxiety , mental health , burnout , medicine , health care , depression (economics) , psychiatry , covid-19 , disease , family medicine , psychology , nursing , clinical psychology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , economics , macroeconomics , economic growth
The COVID-19 outbreak has had major impact on individual's psychological health and overall well being worldwide. Evidence shows that these psychological challenges are especially prominent in healthcare workers (HCW); especially in nurses. Indeed, several studies report that nurses suffer more psychologically because of the consequences of the pandemic compared with medical doctors. To further look into this, we systematically review the recent literature to see whether the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic differs between medical doctors and nurses across studies and which aspects of mental health are especially affected in nurses.