Prevalence and dynamic features of psychological issues among Chinese healthcare workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a systematic review and cumulative meta‐analysis

作者：Huijuan Zhang, Li Wei, Hui Li, Caidi Zhang, Jinjing Luo, Yikang Zhu, Hui Wu, Zhuoying Zhu, Yifeng Xu, Jijun Wang, Chunbo Li · 发表于：General Psychiatry · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.1136/gpsych-2020-100344 · 被引用次数：40 · 研究领域：COVID-19 and Mental Health、Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout、COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has placed tremendous pressure on healthcare workers who are at the frontline in the battle against it, causing various forms of psychological distress. AIMS: To outline the prevalence and dynamic changing features of medical workers' psychological issues and to review the related national policies during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. METHODS: We systematically searched for studies on the psychological states of Chinese medical staff from 1 January 2020 to 8 May 2020. The aggregate prevalence of each psychological issue was calculated and plotted to observe the changes over time. Policies on psychological support for medical staff during the pandemic were reviewed to explore their link to the prevalence of psychological problems. RESULTS: In total, 26 studies were included in this study. A total of 22 062 medical workers were surveyed from 31 January to 27 February 2020. Medical staff exhibited a substantial prevalence of anxiety symptoms, depression symptoms, stress-related symptoms and sleep problems during the survey period, with aggregate prevalence rates of 27.0%, 26.2%, 42.1% and 34.5%, respectively. Cumulative meta-analyses revealed that the prevalence of psychological distress peaked at the beginning of the pandemic and subsequently exhibited a slow downward trend. CONCLUSION: Chinese medical staff displayed significant psychological disturbance during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was especially severe at the early s...