Public Health Residents’ Anonymous Survey in Italy (PHRASI): Study Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Study for a Multidimensional Assessment of Mental Health and Its Determinants

Alessandro Catalini, Clara Mazza, Claudia Cosma, Giuseppa Minutolo, Valentina De Nicolò, Veronica Gallinoro, Marta Caminiti, Angela Ancona, Lorenzo Stacchini, Nausicaa Berselli, Eleonora Ferrari, Fabrizio Cedrone (), Vincenza Gianfredi and on behalf of the Working Group on “Public Mental Health” of the Medical Residents’ Assembly of the Italian Society of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine
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Alessandro Catalini: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60100 Ancona, Italy
Clara Mazza: Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Claudia Cosma: Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy
Giuseppa Minutolo: Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy
Valentina De Nicolò: Department of Public Health and Infectious Disease, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Veronica Gallinoro: Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy
Marta Caminiti: Department of Medicine and Surgery—Sector of Public Health, University of Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy
Angela Ancona: School of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy
Lorenzo Stacchini: Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy
Nausicaa Berselli: Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi, 287, 41125 Modena, Italy
Eleonora Ferrari: Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi, 287, 41125 Modena, Italy
Fabrizio Cedrone: Hospital Management, Local Health Authority of Pescara, 65100 Pescara, Italy
Vincenza Gianfredi: Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Via Pascal, 36, 20133 Milan, Italy
on behalf of the Working Group on “Public Mental Health” of the Medical Residents’ Assembly of the Italian Society of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine: Membership of the Working Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 3, 1-15

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has evolved into a severe psychosocial crisis affecting patients, their relatives, friends, and healthcare professionals. In Italy, public health residents (PHRs) remain essential to the national response to the pandemic. To assess their mental sphere, the “Public Mental Health” working group of the medical residents’ Assembly of the Italian Society of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine has designed the Public Health Residents’ Anonymous Survey in Italy (PHRASI). This is a nation-wide cross-sectional study based on an 88-item self-administered voluntary survey that evaluates how sociodemographic variables are associated with mental issues, including wellness, eating disorders, sleeplessness, alcohol misuse, depression, and anxiety. Data will be gathered by disseminating a Google Forms link across the Assembly network of medical residents. All PHRs enrolled in a four-year program in one of the Italian postgraduate schools of public health will be qualified as participants. PHRASI aims to draw a comprehensive and detailed picture of the mental health state of Italian PHRs. PHRs are a significant group of healthcare professionals that may serve as a future benchmark for developing and enacting regulations intended to support the mental health of healthcare professionals.

Keywords: mental health; surveys and questionnaires; schools; public health; healthcare personnel; protocol study; cross-sectional design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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