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Mental health and conspirasism in health care professionals during the spring 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in Greece

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2021

Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis ,
Maria K. Apostolidou ,
Marina B. Atsiova ,
Anna K. Filippidou ,
Angeliki K. Florou ,
Dimitra S. Gousiou ,
Aikaterini R. Katsara ,
Sofia N. Mantzari ,
Marina Padouva-Markoulaki  and
Evangelia I. Papatriantafyllou
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Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Maria K. Apostolidou
Affiliation:
PMS “Clinical Mental Health” Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Marina B. Atsiova
Affiliation:
PMS “Clinical Mental Health” Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Anna K. Filippidou
Affiliation:
PMS “Clinical Mental Health” Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Angeliki K. Florou
Affiliation:
PMS “Clinical Mental Health” Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Dimitra S. Gousiou
Affiliation:
PMS “Clinical Mental Health” Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Aikaterini R. Katsara
Affiliation:
PMS “Clinical Mental Health” Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Sofia N. Mantzari
Affiliation:
PMS “Clinical Mental Health” Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Marina Padouva-Markoulaki
Affiliation:
PMS “Clinical Mental Health” Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Evangelia I. Papatriantafyllou
Affiliation:
PMS “Clinical Mental Health” Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Panagiota I. Sacharidi
Affiliation:
PMS “Clinical Mental Health” Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Aikaterini I. Tonia
Affiliation:
PMS “Clinical Mental Health” Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Eleni G. Tsagalidou
Affiliation:
PMS “Clinical Mental Health” Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Vasiliki P. Zymara
Affiliation:
PMS “Clinical Mental Health” Faculty of Medicine, School of Health sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Panagiotis E Prezerakos
Affiliation:
Department of Nursing, University of Peloponnese, Laboratory of Integrated Health Care, Tripoli, Greece
Sotirios A. Koupidis
Affiliation:
Occupational and Environmental Health Sector, Public Health Policy Department, School of Public Health, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece
Nikolaos K. Fountoulakis
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Anastasia Konsta
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Eva Maria Tsapakis
Affiliation:
Agios Charalampos Mental Health Clinic, Heraklion Crete, Greece
Pavlos N. Theodorakis
Affiliation:
Health Policy, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Athens, Greece
Elias Mossialos
Affiliation:
Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, UK
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Author for correspondence: Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis, Email: kfount@med.auth.gr
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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 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).

Keywords

COVID-19health care workersdoctorsnurseslockdowndepressionsuicidalitymental healthconspiracy theories

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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , June 2022 , pp. 132 - 147
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