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

Source avec lien : Annals of Epidemiology, (Prépublication), 2021-05-28. 10.1016/j.annepidem.2021.05.004

Cette étude a examiné les tendances dans le temps de la prévalence de l’anxiété et de la dépression chez les infirmières canadiennes : six mois avant, un mois après et trois mois après que le COVID-19 ait été déclaré pandémique. L’étude a révélé une augmentation de 10 à 15 % de l’anxiété et de la dépression entre les périodes 1 et 2, et une stabilité relative entre les périodes 2 et 3, les niveaux de la période 3 étant toujours plus élevés que ceux de la période 1. Les résultats pour les infirmières en soins aigus et les infirmières communautaires se ressemblaient; tandis que les infirmières en soins de longue durée ont vu la prévalence de l’anxiété doubler au début de la pandémie, avant de connaître une baisse plus marquée au milieu de la pandémie.

Purpose: This study examined trends over time in the prevalence of anxiety and depression among Canadian nurses: six months before, one-month after, and three-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, pre-pandemic), 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 labour market consequences of elevated mental health symptoms over an extended time period.

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