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April 25, 2022
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Influence of the Cumulative Incidence of COVID-19 Cases on the Mental Health of the Spanish Out-of-Hospital Professionals

Publicated to:Journal of Clinical Medicine. 11 (8): 2227- - 2022-04-01 11(8), DOI: 10.3390/jcm11082227

Authors: Soto-Camara, Raul; Navalpotro-Pascual, Susana; Julio Jimenez-Alegre, Jose; Garcia-Santa-Basilia, Noemi; Onrubia-Baticon, Henar; Navalpotro-Pascual, Jose M; John Thuissard, Israel; Jose Fernandez-Dominguez, Juan; Paz Matellan-Hernandez, Maria; Pastor-Benito, Elena; Eduardo Polo-Portes, Carlos; Cardaba-Garcia, Rosa M

Affiliations

Alfonso X El Sabio Univ, Fac Med, Madrid 28691, Spain - Author
Autonomous Univ Madrid, Fac Med, Nursing Dept, E-28049 Madrid 28029, Spain - Author
Emergency Med Serv Castilla & Leon Sacyl, Valladolid 47007, Spain - Author
Emergency Med Serv Madrid SUMMA 112, Madrid 28045, Spain - Author
European Univ Madrid, Fac Biomed & Hlth Sci, Dept Med, Madrid 28670, Spain - Author
Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , Red de Investigación de Emergencias Prehospitalarias (RINVEMER) , Madrid Medical Emergency Service 112 (SUMMA 112) - Author
HLA Moncloa Univ Hosp, Emergency Serv, Madrid 28008, Spain - Author
Red de Investigación de Emergencias Prehospitalarias (RINVEMER) , Madrid Medical Emergency Service 112 (SUMMA 112) - Author
Soc Espanola Urgencias & Emergencias SEMES, Red Invest Emergencias Prehospitalarias RINVEMER, Madrid 28020, Spain - Author
Univ Burgos, Dept Hlth Sci, Burgos 09001, Spain - Author
Univ Valladolid, Fac Nursing, Nursing Dept, E-47005 Valladolid, Spain - Author
Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio , Red de Investigación de Emergencias Prehospitalarias (RINVEMER) , Madrid Medical Emergency Service 112 (SUMMA 112) - Author
Universidad de Burgos , Red de Investigación de Emergencias Prehospitalarias (RINVEMER) - Author
Universidad de Burgos , Red de Investigación de Emergencias Prehospitalarias (RINVEMER) , Castilla-León Regional Healthcare Management (Sacyl) - Author
Universidad de Valladolid , Universidad de Burgos , Red de Investigación de Emergencias Prehospitalarias (RINVEMER) - Author
Universidad Europea de Madrid , Red de Investigación de Emergencias Prehospitalarias (RINVEMER) - Author
Universidad Europea de Madrid , Red de Investigación de Emergencias Prehospitalarias (RINVEMER) , Hospital HLA Universitario Moncloa , Madrid Medical Emergency Service 112 (SUMMA 112) - Author
Universidad Europea de Madrid , Red de Investigación de Emergencias Prehospitalarias (RINVEMER) , Madrid Medical Emergency Service 112 (SUMMA 112) - Author
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Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the psychological affectation of health professionals (HPs) of Spanish Emergency Medical Services (EMSs) according to the cumulative incidence (CI) of COVID-19 cases in the regions in which they worked. A cross-sectional descriptive study was designed, including all HPs working in any EMS of the Spanish geography between 1 February 2021 and 30 April 2021. Their level of stress, anxiety and depression (DASS-21) and the perception of selfefficacy (G-SES) were the study's main results. A 2-factor analysis of covariance was used to determine if the CI regions of COVID-19 cases determined the psychological impact on each of the studied variables. A total of 1710 HPs were included. A third presented psychological impairment classified as severe. The interaction of CI regions with the studied variables did not influence their levels of stress, anxiety, depression or self-efficacy. Women, younger HPs or those with less EMS work experience, emergency medical technicians (EMT), workers who had to modify their working conditions or those who lived with minors or dependents suffered a greater impact from the COVID-19 pandemic in certain regions. These HPs have shown high levels of stress, anxiety, depression and medium levels of self-efficacy, with similar data in the different geographical areas. Psychological support is essential to mitigate their suffering and teach them to react to adverse events.

Keywords

anxietychinaconsequencescoronavirus infectionsdepressionemergency medical serviceshealth personnelhelp-seekingincidencepsychological impactpsychological stressriskself-efficacystrategiesAnxietyCare workersCoronavirus infectionsDepressionEmergency medical servicesHealth personnelIncidencePsychological stressSelf-efficacy

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Journal of Clinical Medicine due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Medicine (Miscellaneous).

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.29. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 1.36 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 3.04 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-09, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 7
  • Scopus: 6
  • Europe PMC: 5

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-09:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 33.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 34 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 7.25.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 11 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://repositorio.uam.es/handle/10486/713664

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been NAVALPOTRO PASCUAL, SUSANA.