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标题：Psychosocial support for Frontline UK health and social care staff during COVID-19. What was offered, what was used, and was it helpful
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作者：Talya Greene ; Jasmine Harju-Seppänen ; Camilla Tamworth 等
期刊名称：European Journal of Psychotraumatology
印刷版ISSN：2000-8198
电子版ISSN：2000-8066
出版年度：2021
卷号：12
期号：2
页码：8-8
语种：English
出版社：Taylor & Francis Group
摘要：Research shows that COVID-19 has impacted the mental health of frontline workers across the world. In many locations, psychosocial support and interventions were made available. However, there has been little research examining correlates and barriers to psychosocial support use. This study aimed to examine psychosocial support offers and use in UK frontline health and social care staff, to compare the perceived helpfulness of different kinds of supports, and to explore correlates of psychosocial support use. Method: A cross-sectional online survey was completed by a convenience sample of UK frontline health and social care staff in May-July 2020 (n = 1194). Participants reported their work roles and settings, PTSD (ITQ), depression (PHQ-9), and anxiety symptoms (GAD-7), which psychosocial supports they had been offered, which they had used, and the extent to which they found them helpful or unhelpful. Results: Participants were more likely to be offered individual support than group support. Despite high levels of mental distress in this sample (nearly 58% met criteria for a mental disorder), many participants did not take up the support that was offered, beyond informal support from a colleague or support from their manager. Furthermore, even when support was taken up, over a quarter of participants reported it to be quite or very unhelpful. Conclusions: There is a gap between the psychosocial support being offered to frontline health and social care staff and the support that is being used. It is important to examine barriers to accessing support.