RT Journal Article
T1 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
A1 Gómez Salgado, Juan
A1 Ortega Moreno, Mónica
A1 Soriano, Guillermo
A1 Fagundo Rivera, Javier
A1 Allande Cussó, Regina
A1 Ruiz Frutos, Carlos
AB 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 relatedwith 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 Medicineand 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 washigher 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 betweenbeing 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 anyinfected person, age, living as a couple, working in public or private centers, the availability ofdiagnostic 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 withpeople affected by COVID-19 in Occupational Health professionals.
PB SAGE Publications
SN 0036-8504
SN 2047-7163 (electrónico)
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20368
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20368
LA eng
NO Gómez-Salgado, J., Ortega-Moreno, M., Soriano, G., Fagundo-Rivera, J., Allande-Cussó, R., & Ruiz-Frutos, C. (2021). 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. In Science Progress (Vol. 104, Issue 2, p. 003685042110261). SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/00368504211026121
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026