Covid-19 pandemic impact on mental health: A web-based cross-sectional survey on a sample of Italian general practitioners

Acta Biomedica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 83-88

  Amerio, Andrea ^a,b,c   Bianchi, Davide ^a,b   Santi, Francesca ^a,b   Costantini, Luigi ^d   Odone, Anna ^e,f   Signorelli, Carlo ^e   Costanza, Alessandra ^g,h   Serafini, Gianluca ^a,b   Amore, Mario ^a,b   Aguglia, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^h Santi Antonio e Biagio and Cesare Arrigo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Covid 19; General practitioners; Italy; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER SCALE 7; HEALTH SURVEY; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INSOMNIA SEVERITY INDEX; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; MENTAL COMPONENT SUMMARY 12; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PHYSICAL COMPONENT SUMMARY 12; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SHORT FORM 12; AGED; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; ITALY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85084787323     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: 25316745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23750/abm.v91i2.9619     Document Type: Article

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