A longitudinal study of the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline perioperative healthcare staff in an Australian tertiary public hospital.

Irene NgElizabeth BarsonDaryl Lindsay Goulding WilliamsReny SegalRoni B KrieserPaul M MezzaviaKeat LeeYinwei ChenTeresa SindoniJessica XuKaren LambToni Withiel

Published in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2022)

We found persistent mental health impacts on frontline perioperative HCWs despite subsidence of the pandemic wave. Further research is needed to determine the extent and trajectory of such impacts with larger sample sizes to determine generalisability to frontline HCWs in general.

Keyphrases

healthcare
mental health
cardiac surgery
patients undergoing
sars cov
coronavirus disease
mental illness
acute kidney injury
emergency department
health information
acute care
social media
sleep quality
health insurance
electronic health record