Results of the COVID-19 mental health international for the health professionals (COMET-HP) study : depression, suicidal tendencies and conspiracism

dc.contributor.authorN Fountoulakis, Konstantinos
dc.contributor.authorN Karakatsoulis, Grigorios
dc.contributor.authorAbraham, Seri
dc.contributor.authorAdorjan, Kristina
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Helal Uddin
dc.contributor.authorAlarcón, Renato D
dc.contributor.authorArai, Kiyomi
dc.contributor.authorAuwal, Sani Salihu
dc.contributor.authorBobes, Julio
dc.contributor.authorBobes-Bascaran, Teresa
dc.contributor.authorBourgin-Duchesnay, Julie
dc.contributor.authorBredicean, Cristina Ana
dc.contributor.authorBukelskis, Laurynas
dc.contributor.authorBurkadze, Akaki
dc.contributor.authorCabrera Abud, Indira Indiana
dc.contributor.authorCastilla-Puentes, Ruby
dc.contributor.authorCetkovich, Marcelo
dc.contributor.authorColon-Rivera, Hector
dc.contributor.authorCorral, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorCortez-Vergara, Carla
dc.contributor.authorCrepin, Piirika
dc.contributor.authorde Berardis, Domenico
dc.contributor.authorZamora Delgado, Sergio
dc.contributor.authorde Lucena, David
dc.contributor.authorde Sousa, Avinash
dc.contributor.authordi Stefano, Ramona
dc.contributor.authorDodd, Seetal
dc.contributor.authorElek, Livia Priyanka
dc.contributor.authorElissa, Anna
dc.contributor.authorErdelyi-Hamza, Berta
dc.contributor.authorErzin, Gamze
dc.contributor.authorEtchevers, Martin J
dc.contributor.authorFalkai, Peter
dc.contributor.authorFarcas, Adriana
dc.contributor.authorFedotov, Ilya
dc.contributor.authorFilatova, Viktoriia
dc.contributor.authorFountoulakis, Nikolaos K
dc.contributor.authorFrankova, Iryna
dc.contributor.authorFranza, Francesco
dc.contributor.authorFrias, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorGalako, Tatiana
dc.contributor.authorGaray, Cristian J
dc.contributor.authorGarcia-Álvarez, Leticia
dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Portilla, Paz
dc.contributor.authorGonda, Xenia
dc.contributor.authorGondek, Tomasz M
dc.contributor.authorMorera González, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorGould, Hilary
dc.contributor.authorGrandinetti, Paolo
dc.contributor.authorGrau, Arturo
dc.contributor.authorGroudeva, Violeta
dc.contributor.authorHagin, Michal
dc.contributor.authorHarada, Takayuki
dc.contributor.authorHasan, Tasdik M
dc.contributor.authorAzreen Hashim, Nurul
dc.contributor.authorHilbig, Jan
dc.contributor.authorHossain, Sahadat
dc.contributor.authorIakimova, Rossitza
dc.contributor.authorIbrahim, Mona
dc.contributor.authorIftene, Felicia
dc.contributor.authorIgnatenko, Yulia
dc.contributor.authorIrarrazaval, Matias
dc.contributor.authorIsmail, Zaliha
dc.contributor.authorIsmayilova, Jamila
dc.contributor.authorJacobs, Asaf
dc.contributor.authorJakovljević, Miro
dc.contributor.authorJakšić, Nenad
dc.contributor.authorJaved, Afzal
dc.contributor.authorYilmaz Kafali, Helin
dc.contributor.authorKaria, Sagar
dc.contributor.authorKazakova, Olga
dc.contributor.authorKhalifa, Doaa
dc.contributor.authorKhaustova, Olena
dc.contributor.authorKoh, Steve
dc.contributor.authorKopishinskaia, Svetlana
dc.contributor.authorKosenko, Korneliia
dc.contributor.authorKoupidis, Sotirios A
dc.contributor.authorKovacs, Illes
dc.contributor.authorKulig, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorLalljee, Alisha
dc.contributor.authorLiewig, Justine
dc.contributor.authorMajid, Abdul
dc.contributor.authorMalashonkova, Evgeniia
dc.contributor.authorMalik, Khamelia
dc.contributor.authorIqbal Malik, Najma
dc.contributor.authorMammadzada, Gulay
dc.contributor.authorMandalia, Bilvesh
dc.contributor.authorMarazziti, Donatella
dc.contributor.authorMarčinko, Darko
dc.contributor.authorMartinez, Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorMatiekus, Eimantas
dc.contributor.authorMejia, Gabriela
dc.contributor.authorMemon, Roha Saeed
dc.contributor.authorMeza Martínez, Xarah Elenne
dc.contributor.authorMickevičiūtė, Dalia
dc.contributor.authorMilev, Roumen
dc.contributor.authorMohammed, Muftau
dc.contributor.authorMolina-López, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorMorozov, Petr
dc.contributor.authorMuhammad, Nuru Suleiman
dc.contributor.authorMustač, Filip
dc.contributor.authorNaor, Mika S
dc.contributor.authorNassieb, Amira
dc.contributor.authorNavickas, Alvydas
dc.contributor.authorOkasha, Tarek
dc.contributor.authorPandova, Milena
dc.contributor.authorPanfil, Anca-Livia
dc.contributor.authorPanteleeva, Liliya
dc.contributor.authorPapava, Ion
dc.contributor.authorPatsali, Mikaella E
dc.contributor.authorPavlichenko, Alexey
dc.contributor.authorPejuskovic, Bojana
dc.contributor.authorPinto da Costa, Mariana
dc.contributor.authorPopkov, Mikhail
dc.contributor.authorPopovic, Dina
dc.contributor.authorRaduan, Nor Jannah Nasution
dc.contributor.authorVargas Ramírez, Francisca
dc.contributor.authorRancans, Elmars
dc.contributor.authorRazali, Salmi
dc.contributor.authorRebok, Federico
dc.contributor.authorRewekant, Anna
dc.contributor.authorReyes Flores, Elena Ninoska
dc.contributor.authorRivera-Encinas, María Teresa
dc.contributor.authorSaiz, Pilar A
dc.contributor.authorSánchez de Carmona, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorSaucedo Martínez, David
dc.contributor.authorSaw, Jo Anne
dc.contributor.authorSaygili, Görkem
dc.contributor.authorSchneidereit, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorShah, Bhumika
dc.contributor.authorShirasaka, Tomohiro
dc.contributor.authorSilagadze, Ketevan
dc.contributor.authorSitanggang, Satti
dc.contributor.authorSkugarevsky, Oleg
dc.contributor.authorSpikina, Anna
dc.contributor.authorMahalingappa, Sridevi Sira
dc.contributor.authorStoyanova, Maria
dc.contributor.authorSzczegielniak, Anna
dc.contributor.authorTamasan, Simona Claudia
dc.contributor.authorTavormina, Giuseppe
dc.contributor.authorTavormina, Maurilio Giuseppe Maria
dc.contributor.authorTheodorakis, Pavlos N
dc.contributor.authorTohen, Mauricio
dc.contributor.authorTsapakis, Eva-Maria
dc.contributor.authorTukhvatullina, Dina
dc.contributor.authorUllah, Irfan
dc.contributor.authorVaidya, Ratnaraj
dc.contributor.authorVega-Dienstmaier, Johann M
dc.contributor.authorVrublevska, Jelena
dc.contributor.authorVukovic, Olivera
dc.contributor.authorVysotska, Olga
dc.contributor.authorWidiasih, Natalia
dc.contributor.authorYashikhina, Anna
dc.contributor.authorPrezerakos, Panagiotis E
dc.contributor.authorBerk, Michael
dc.contributor.authorLevaj, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorSmirnova, Daria
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Psychiatry and Narcology
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-24T11:10:01Z
dc.date.available2023-08-24T11:10:01Z
dc.date.issued2023-09
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: The current study aimed to investigate the rates of anxiety, clinical depression, and suicidality and their changes in health professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak. Materials and methods: The data came from the larger COMET-G study. The study sample includes 12,792 health professionals from 40 countries (62.40% women aged 39.76 ± 11.70; 36.81% men aged 35.91 ± 11.00 and 0.78% non-binary gender aged 35.15 ± 13.03). Distress and clinical depression were identified with the use of a previously developed cut-off and algorithm, respectively. Statistical analysis: Descriptive statistics were calculated. Chi-square tests, multiple forward stepwise linear regression analyses, and Factorial Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) tested relations among variables. Results: Clinical depression was detected in 13.16% with male doctors and ‘non-binary genders’ having the lowest rates (7.89 and 5.88% respectively) and ‘non-binary gender’ nurses and administrative staff had the highest (37.50%); distress was present in 15.19%. A significant percentage reported a deterioration in mental state, family dynamics, and everyday lifestyle. Persons with a history of mental disorders had higher rates of current depression (24.64% vs. 9.62%; p < 0.0001). Suicidal tendencies were at least doubled in terms of RASS scores. Approximately one-third of participants were accepting (at least to a moderate degree) a non-bizarre conspiracy. The highest Relative Risk (RR) to develop clinical depression was associated with a history of Bipolar disorder (RR = 4.23). Conclusions: The current study reported findings in health care professionals similar in magnitude and quality to those reported earlier in the general population although rates of clinical depression, suicidal tendencies, and adherence to conspiracy theories were much lower. However, the general model of factors interplay seems to be the same and this could be of practical utility since many of these factors are modifiable.en
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dc.identifier.citationN Fountoulakis, K, N Karakatsoulis, G, Abraham, S, Adorjan, K, Ahmed, H U, Alarcón, R D, Arai, K, Auwal, S S, Bobes, J, Bobes-Bascaran, T, Bourgin-Duchesnay, J, Bredicean, C A, Bukelskis, L, Burkadze, A, Cabrera Abud, I I, Castilla-Puentes, R, Cetkovich, M, Colon-Rivera, H, Corral, R, Cortez-Vergara, C, Crepin, P, de Berardis, D, Zamora Delgado, S, de Lucena, D, de Sousa, A, di Stefano, R, Dodd, S, Elek, L P, Elissa, A, Erdelyi-Hamza, B, Erzin, G, Etchevers, M J, Falkai, P, Farcas, A, Fedotov, I, Filatova, V, Fountoulakis, N K, Frankova, I, Franza, F, Frias, P, Galako, T, Garay, C J, Garcia-Álvarez, L, García-Portilla, P, Gonda, X, Gondek, T M, Morera González, D, Gould, H, Grandinetti, P, Grau, A, Groudeva, V, Hagin, M, Harada, T, Hasan, T M, Azreen Hashim, N, Hilbig, J, Hossain, S, Iakimova, R, Ibrahim, M, Iftene, F, Ignatenko, Y, Irarrazaval, M, Ismail, Z, Ismayilova, J, Jacobs, A, Jakovljević, M, Jakšić, N, Javed, A, Yilmaz Kafali, H, Karia, S, Kazakova, O, Khalifa, D, Khaustova, O, Koh, S, Kopishinskaia, S, Kosenko, K, Koupidis, S A, Kovacs, I, Kulig, B, Lalljee, A, Liewig, J, Majid, A, Malashonkova, E, Malik, K, Iqbal Malik, N, Mammadzada, G, Mandalia, B, Marazziti, D, Marčinko, D, Martinez, S, Matiekus, E, Mejia, G, Memon, R S, Meza Martínez, X E, Mickevičiūtė, D, Milev, R, Mohammed, M, Molina-López, A, Morozov, P, Muhammad, N S, Mustač, F, Naor, M S, Nassieb, A, Navickas, A, Okasha, T, Pandova, M, Panfil, A-L, Panteleeva, L, Papava, I, Patsali, M E, Pavlichenko, A, Pejuskovic, B, Pinto da Costa, M, Popkov, M, Popovic, D, Raduan, N J N, Vargas Ramírez, F, Rancans, E, Razali, S, Rebok, F, Rewekant, A, Reyes Flores, E N, Rivera-Encinas, M T, Saiz, P A, Sánchez de Carmona, M, Saucedo Martínez, D, Saw, J A, Saygili, G, Schneidereit, P, Shah, B, Shirasaka, T, Silagadze, K, Sitanggang, S, Skugarevsky, O, Spikina, A, Mahalingappa, S S, Stoyanova, M, Szczegielniak, A, Tamasan, S C, Tavormina, G, Tavormina, M G M, Theodorakis, P N, Tohen, M, Tsapakis, E-M, Tukhvatullina, D, Ullah, I, Vaidya, R, Vega-Dienstmaier, J M, Vrublevska, J, Vukovic, O, Vysotska, O, Widiasih, N, Yashikhina, A, Prezerakos, P E, Berk, M, Levaj, S & Smirnova, D 2023, 'Results of the COVID-19 mental health international for the health professionals (COMET-HP) study : depression, suicidal tendencies and conspiracism', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, vol. 58, no. 9, pp. 1387-1410. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-023-02438-8
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00127-023-02438-8
dc.identifier.issn0933-7954
dc.identifier.otherPubMedCentral: PMC9982799
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.rsu.lv/jspui/handle/123456789/14848
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofSocial Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectAnxiety
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectConspiracy theories
dc.subjectDepression
dc.subjectHealth professionals
dc.subjectMental disorders
dc.subjectMental health
dc.subjectPsychiatry
dc.subjectSuicidality
dc.subject3.2 Clinical medicine
dc.subject3.3 Health sciences
dc.subject1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.titleResults of the COVID-19 mental health international for the health professionals (COMET-HP) study : depression, suicidal tendencies and conspiracismen
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