@article{10272/20368,
year = {2021},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20368},
abstract = {The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the psychological well-being of healthcare professionals,
among them, on medical and nursing occupational specialists. This study describes the psychologi cal distress that this group has suffered, analyzing the effect that the sense of coherence related
with the history of contact with infected people has generated in their mental health. Cross-sec tional descriptive study using online questionnaires. Data were collected on a sample of 499 sub jects, representing 42.0% and 38.8% of the associations of specialists in Occupational Medicine
and Nursing, respectively. A univariate data analysis, independence test, and the CHAID multivari ate method were carried out. The percentage of workers with high psychological distress was
higher among women than among men; this was also higher in public sector workers than in the private sector. No differences have been observed regarding psychological distress and educa tional level, coexistence, having children, working away from home, having a pet, or between
being a physician or nurse. The most efficient measure to prevent psychological distress was act ing regarding the comprehensibility dimension of the sense of coherence. Sex, contact with any
infected person, age, living as a couple, working in public or private centers, the availability of
diagnostic tests, and the correlation with the manageability dimension were modulating factors.
Sense of coherence is an effective measure to prevent psychological distress due to contact with
people affected by COVID-19 in Occupational Health professionals.},
publisher = {SAGE Publications},
title = {History of contact with the SARS-COV-2 virus and the sense of coherence in the development of psychological distress in the occupational health professionals in Spain},
doi = {10.1177/00368504211026121},
author = {Gómez Salgado, Juan and Ortega Moreno, Mónica and Soriano, Guillermo and Fagundo Rivera, Javier and Allande Cussó, Regina and Ruiz Frutos, Carlos},
}