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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health of nurses in British Columbia, Canada using trends analysis across three time points.

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Havaei, F; Smith, P; Oudyk, J; Potter, GG
Published in: Ann Epidemiol
October 2021

PURPOSE: This study examined trends over time in the prevalence of anxiety and depression among Canadian nurses: 6 months before, 1-month after, and 3 months after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. METHODS: This study adopted a repeated cross-sectional design and surveyed unionized nurses in British Columbia (BC), Canada on three occasions: September 2019 (Time 1, prepandemic), April 2020 (Time 2, early-pandemic) and June 2020 (Time 3). RESULTS: A total of 10,117 responses were collected across three timepoints. This study found a significant increase of 10% to 15% in anxiety and depression between Time 1 and 2, and relative stability between Time 2 and 3, with Time 3 levels still higher than Time 1 levels. Cross-sector analyses showed similar patterns of findings for acute care and community nurses. Long-term care nurses showed a two-fold increase in the prevalence of anxiety early pandemic, followed by a sharper decline mid pandemic. CONCLUSIONS: COVID-19 has had short- and mid-term mental health implications for BC nurses particularly among those in the long-term care sector. Future research should evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of health workers in different contexts, such as jurisdictional analyses, and better understand the long-term health and labor market consequences of elevated mental health symptoms over an extended time period.

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Ann Epidemiol

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1873-2585

Publication Date

October 2021

Volume

62

Start / End Page

7 / 12

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Pandemics
  • Nurses
  • Mental Health
  • Humans
  • Epidemiology
  • Depression
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • COVID-19
  • British Columbia
 

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Havaei, F., Smith, P., Oudyk, J., & Potter, G. G. (2021). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health of nurses in British Columbia, Canada using trends analysis across three time points. Ann Epidemiol, 62, 7–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2021.05.004
Havaei, Farinaz, Peter Smith, John Oudyk, and Guy G. Potter. “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health of nurses in British Columbia, Canada using trends analysis across three time points.Ann Epidemiol 62 (October 2021): 7–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2021.05.004.
Havaei, Farinaz, et al. “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health of nurses in British Columbia, Canada using trends analysis across three time points.Ann Epidemiol, vol. 62, Oct. 2021, pp. 7–12. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2021.05.004.
Journal cover image

Published In

Ann Epidemiol

DOI

EISSN

1873-2585

Publication Date

October 2021

Volume

62

Start / End Page

7 / 12

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Pandemics
  • Nurses
  • Mental Health
  • Humans
  • Epidemiology
  • Depression
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • COVID-19
  • British Columbia