Impact of coronavirus syndromes on physical and mental health of health care workers: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors
Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo ; Julio Vaquerizo-Serrano ; Ana Catalan ; Celso Arango ; Carmen Moreno ; Francisco Ferre ; Jae Il Shin ; Sarah Sullivan ; Natascia Brondino ; Marco Solmi ; Paolo Fusar-Poli
Citation
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, Vol.275 : 48-57, 2020-10
COVID-19 ; Coronavirus ; Health care workers ; MERS ; Meta-analysis ; SARS
Abstract
Background: Health care workers (HCW) are at high risk of developing physical/mental health outcomes related to coronavirus syndromes. Nature and frequency of these outcomes are undetermined.
Methods: PRISMA/MOOSE-compliant (PROSPERO-CRD42020180205) systematic review of Web of Science/grey literature until 15th April 2020, to identify studies reporting physical/mental health outcomes in HCW infected/exposed to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome -SARS-, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome -MERS-, Novel coronavirus -COVID-19-. Proportion random effect meta-analyses, I2 statistic, quality assessment and sensitivity analysis.
Limitations: Limited amount of evidence for some outcomes and suboptimal design in several studies included.
Conclusions: SARS/MERS/COVID-19 have a substantial impact on the physical and mental health of HCW, which should become a priority for public health strategies.