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July 25, 2022
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Sustained Negative Mental Health Outcomes Among Healthcare Workers Over the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Cohort Study

Publicated to:International Journal of Public Health. 67 1604553- - 2022-06-17 67(), DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1604553

Authors: Mediavilla R; Fernández-Jiménez E; Martinez-Morata I; Jaramillo F; Andreo-Jover J; Morán-Sánchez I; Mascayano F; Moreno-Küstner B; Minué S; Ayuso-Mateos JL; Bryant RA; Bravo-Ortiz MF; Martínez-Alés G

Affiliations

Andalusian Sch Publ Hlth, Granada, Spain - Author
Centro de Investigación Biomédica En Red de Salud Mental , Hospital Universitario La Paz , Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author
Centro de Investigación Biomédica En Red de Salud Mental , Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , Hospital Universitario de la Princesa - Author
Columbia Univ, Mailman Sch Publ Hlth, New York, NY USA - Author
Ctr Invest Biomed Red Salud Mental CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain - Author
Escuela Andaluza Salud Publica - Author
Hosp La Princesa, Fdn Biomed, Madrid, Spain - Author
Hospital Universitario La Paz - Author
Hospital Universitario La Paz , Mailman School of Public Health - Author
Hospital Universitario La Paz , Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author
Mailman School of Public Health , Universidad de Murcia - Author
New York State Psychiat Inst NYSPI, New York, NY USA - Author
New York State Psychiatric Institute , Mailman School of Public Health - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid UAM, Dept Psychiat, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Chile, Santiago, Chile - Author
Univ Hosp La Paz Res Inst IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Hosp La Paz, La Paz, Spain - Author
Univ Malaga, Dept Personal Assessment & Psychol Treatment, Malaga, Spain - Author
Univ Malaga, Inst Invest Biomed Malaga, Malaga, Spain - Author
Univ Murcia, Murcia BioHlth Res Inst, Murcia, Spain - Author
Univ New South Wales, Sch Psychol, Kensington, NSW, Australia - Author
Universidad de Chile , Escuela Andaluza Salud Publica - Author
Universidad de Málaga - Author
Universidad de Murcia - Author
UNSW Sydney - Author
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Abstract

Objective: To characterize the evolution of healthcare workers’ mental health status over the 1-year period following the initial COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and to examine baseline characteristics associated with resolution or persistence of mental health problems over time. Methods: We conducted an 8-month follow-up cohort study. Eligible participants were healthcare workers working in Spain. Baseline data were collected during the initial pandemic outbreak. Survey-based self-reported measures included COVID-19-related exposures, sociodemographic characteristics, and three mental health outcomes (psychological distress, depression symptoms, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms). We examined three longitudinal trajectories in mental health outcomes between baseline and follow-up assessments (namely asymptomatic/stable, recovering, and persistently symptomatic/worsening). Results: We recruited 1,807 participants. Between baseline and follow-up assessments, the proportion of respondents screening positive for psychological distress and probable depression decreased, respectively, from 74% to 56% and from 28% to 21%. Two-thirds remained asymptomatic/stable in terms of depression symptoms and 56% remained symptomatic or worsened over time in terms of psychological distress. Conclusion: Poor mental health outcomes among healthcare workers persisted over time. Occupational programs and mental health strategies should be put in place.

Keywords

anxietycovid-19depressionhealthcare workersimpactmental healthoutbreakprospective cohortquestionnairevalidityAnxietyCovid-19DepressionHealthcare workersMental healthProspective cohortPtsd screen

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal International Journal of Public Health due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position 42/180, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health.

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: 1.05. 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: 2.93 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 10.28 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-06, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 3
  • Scopus: 12

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 2025-07-06:

  • 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: 37.
  • 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: 37 (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: 14.85.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 10 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 1 (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/10486/714334

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Australia; Chile; Granada; United States of America.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (MEDIAVILLA TORRES, ROBERTO) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been MEDIAVILLA TORRES, ROBERTO.