Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization, and Mental Health in Nurses from Huelva: A Cross-Cutting Study during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

Francisco-Javier Gago-Valiente, María-Isabel Mendoza-Sierra, Emilia Moreno-Sánchez, Félix Arbinaga and Adrián Segura-Camacho
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Francisco-Javier Gago-Valiente: Health Department of IES Cuenca Minera, Minas de Riotinto, 21660 Huelva, Spain
María-Isabel Mendoza-Sierra: Department of Social, Development and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sports Sciences, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain
Emilia Moreno-Sánchez: Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sports Sciences, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain
Félix Arbinaga: Department of Clinical and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sports Sciences, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain
Adrián Segura-Camacho: Department of Social, Development and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sports Sciences, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 15, 1-11

Abstract: Currently, healthcare professionals are particularly vulnerable to the impact of the SARS-CoV-2pandemic since they directly deal with patients suffering from this disease and are in the first line of fire, which increases their risk of contagion. This research examines the prevalence of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and possible non-psychotic psychiatric disorders in 48 male and 270 female nursing professionals of Huelva during the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, we analyzed the relationship between these dependent variables and considered various sociodemographic variables. The nursing staff of public hospitals in Huelva who have had contact with cases of SARS-CoV-2 in their work environment showed a poorer state of mental health than that of others of this same professional category who have not had contact with this type of situation.

Keywords: nursing staff; pandemics; coronavirus infections; professional burnout; mental health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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