Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N., Apostolidou, Maria K., Atsiova, Marina B., Filippidou, Anna K., Florou, Angeliki K., Gousiou, Dimitra S., Katsara, Aikaterini R., Mantzari, Sofia N., Padouva-Markoulaki, Marina, Papatriantafyllou, Evangelia I., Sacharidi, Panagiota I., Tonia, Aikaterini I., Tsagalidou, Eleni G., Zymara, Vasiliki P., Prezerakos, Panagiotis E., Koupidis, Sotirios A., Fountoulakis, Nikolaos K., Konsta, Anastasia, Tsapakis, Eva Maria, Theodorakis, Pavlos N. and Mossialos, Elias 
ORCID: 0000-0001-8664-9297
(2022)
Mental health and conspirasism in health care professionals during the spring 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in Greece.
Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 34 (3).
132 - 147.
ISSN 0924-2708
Abstract
Introduction: The aim of the study was to investigate mental health and conspiracy theory beliefs concerning COVID-19 among Health Care Professionals (HCPs). Material and Methods: During lockdown, an online questionnaire gathered data from 507 HCPs (432 females aged 33.86±8.63 and 75 males aged 39.09±9.54). Statistical Analysis: A post-stratification method to transform the study sample was used; descriptive statistics were calculated. Results: Anxiety and probable depression were increased 1.5-2-fold and were higher in females and nurses. Previous history of depression was the main risk factor. The rates of the believing in conspiracy theories concerning the COVID-19 were alarming with the majority of individuals (especially females) following some theory to at least some extend. Conclusions: The current paper reports high rates of depression, distress and suicidal thoughts in the HCPs during the lockdown, with a high prevalence of beliefs in conspiracy theories. Female gender and previous history of depression acted as risk factors while the belief in conspiracy theories might act as a protective factor. The results should be considered with caution due to the nature of the data (online survey on a self-selected but stratified sample)
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/acta-neuro... |
| Additional Information: | © 2021 The Authors |
| Divisions: | Health Policy |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Dec 2023 10:15 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 02:52 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/120997 |
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