Coping Mechanisms and Their Associations With Depression and Anxiety Among Healthcare Workers in the Aftermath of COVID-19 Pandemic.

Nihal Mohamed Celestine He Nimra Rahman Cara Faherty Chi Chan Jonathan M DePierro Uraina Clark Lauren A Peccoralo Jonathan H Ripp

J Occup Environ Med

From the Department of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York (N.M.); Center for Scientific Diversity, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York (N.M.); Institute for Translational Epidemiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York (N.M.); Department of Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York (C.H.,L.A.P., J.H.R.); Office of Well-being and Resilience, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York (N.R.,C.F.,C.C.,L.A.P., J.H.P.); The City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, New York (N.R.); Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York (C.C., J.M.D.); James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New York, New York (C.C.); Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York (U.C.); and Center for Scientific Diversity, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York (U.C.).

Published: October 2024

Objective: This study investigated the associations between anxiety, depression, and coping in healthcare workers during coronavirus disease 2019.

Methods: A survey used the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2 to assess anxiety, the Patient Health Questionnaire 2 to assess depression, and the Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE) scale to evaluate coping mechanisms.

Results: Of the 1172 participants who provided data, 24.7% screened positive for anxiety and 15.7% for depression. Logistic regression indicated that avoidance coping (odds ratio [OR], 3.92 [95% confidence interval (CI), 2.91-5.29]; P < 0.001) and substance use coping (OR, 1.39 [95% CI, 1.00-1.90]; P = 0.049) were associated with higher odds of depression. Avoidance coping (OR, 2.81 [95% CI, 2.15-3.67]; P < 0.001) and social support coping (OR, 1.59 [95% CI, 1.22-2.08]; P = 0.001) were associated with higher odds of anxiety.

Conclusions: Interventions are needed to improve healthcare workers' coping and well-being.

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