Psychiatric News (6/26) reported that researchers found that “the COVID-19 pandemic is taking a psychological toll on health care professionals who work in large, urban medical centers.” The study was based on data from the “COVID-19 Healthcare Provider Study, an ongoing survey of health care workers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York.” Researchers found that 74% of respondents “reported great distress over fears of transmitting the virus to their family and friends; 71% reported sleep disturbances and getting less than six hours of sleep per night; 65% reported feeling lonely at least several days a week; and more than 60% reported concerns over the health of their family and friends, maintaining social distancing from family, and uncertainty over their colleagues’ COVID-19 status. However, 61% reported feeling a greater sense of meaning or purpose.” The findings were published in General Hospital Psychiatry.
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— “COVID-19 Takes Toll on Mental Health of Hospital Health Professionals, Psychiatric News , June 26, 2020