Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in healthcare workers after the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak: A survey of a large tertiary care hospital in Wuhan

•A high prevalence of probable PTSD (20.87%) was found about six months after the first local outbreak of COVID-19 among healthcare workers at the Central Hospital of Wuhan.•Healthcare workers with negative COVID-19 tests, those with high Social Support Self-Rating Scale (SSRS) scores, and HCWs whos...

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Published in:Psychiatry research 2020-12, Vol.294, p.113541-113541, Article 113541
Main Authors: Zhang, Hongyi, Shi, Yuqin, Jing, Ping, Zhan, Peiyan, Fang, Yue, Wang, Fang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anxiety - epidemiology
China - epidemiology
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression - epidemiology
Epidemic disease
Female
Health Personnel - psychology
Health Surveys
Healthcare workers
Humans
Male
Mental Health
Mental illness
Middle Aged
Multivariate regression analysis
Pandemics
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Prevalence
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology
Tertiary Care Centers
Wuhan
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Summary:•A high prevalence of probable PTSD (20.87%) was found about six months after the first local outbreak of COVID-19 among healthcare workers at the Central Hospital of Wuhan.•Healthcare workers with negative COVID-19 tests, those with high Social Support Self-Rating Scale (SSRS) scores, and HCWs whose family members tested negative were less likely to have probable PTSD.•High levels of psychiatric and somatic illness and insomnia were associated with probable PTSD. This study examined the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and assessed mental illness via an online survey among healthcare workers (HCWs) at the Central Hospital of Wuhan after the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak. PTSD symptoms were measured using the PTSD Checklist Civilian Version (PCL-C), with a cutoff score of 50. Among the 642 HCWs, the prevalence of probable PTSD was 20.87%. Additionally, 88.88%, 82.09%, 100%, and 95.52% of HCWs with probable PTSD reported varying degrees of anxiety, depression, somatic symptoms, and insomnia, respectively. HCWs with probable PTSD scored higher on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Patient Health questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15), and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) than non-PTSD HCWs (all p 
ISSN:0165-1781
1872-7123
DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113541