The Professional and Psycho-Emotional Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Medical Care—A Romanian GPs’ Perspective

Celina Silvia Stafie, Lenuta Profire, Maria Manuela Apostol and Irina Iuliana Costache
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Celina Silvia Stafie: Department of Preventive Medicine and Interdisciplinarity, Faculty of General Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, 16 Universității Street, 700115 Iasi, Romania
Lenuta Profire: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences I, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, 16 Universității Street, 700115 Iasi, Romania
Maria Manuela Apostol: Prolife Clinics, 28 Anastasie Panu Street, 700115 Iasi, Romania
Irina Iuliana Costache: Department of Medical Sciences I, Faculty of General Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, 16 Universității Street, 700115 Iasi, Romania

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 4, 1-13

Abstract: The aim of this study was to assess the psycho-emotional impact and the adjustment degree of Romanian general practitioners (GPs) in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic context. With a cross-sectional design, the study included 677 GPs to whom a validated questionnaire based on different items targeting three factors was sent: burden of prevention, presence of stress symptoms, and adjustment to pandemic. The burden of prevention and the adjustment effort to the pandemic were felt significantly more by female doctors and by GPs working in associated offices. The case definition quality, the support received, the professional life changes, and the stress symptoms proved to be the main predictors for the adjustment to pandemic. The adjustment measurement questionnaire can be used in further studies to identify the most supportive public health practices in difficult epidemiological contexts.

Keywords: COVID-19; Romanian GPs; stress; adjustment to pandemic; burden of prevention (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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