Depression and Cognitive Levels in Health Workers With Night Shifts

Q2 Social Sciences Illness Crisis and Loss Pub Date : 2020-10-11 DOI:10.1177/1054137320953678

E. Micali

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The study aims to analyse the presence of depressive symptoms correlated to memory and cognitive deficits in night-shift healthcare personnel working in the emergency wards of a Sicilian hospital, and examines the repercussions on health and safety in the workplace. A psycho-diagnostic protocol including a subtest of the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale/WAIS-IV (PRI, WMI, PSI) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was administered to the sample of 50 subjects (25 doctors and 25 nurses) selected by taking inclusion and exclusion criteria into account. The results showed that the whole sample displayed normal levels in terms of perceptual reasoning index, image perception, the ability to isolate figures from the background, eye-motor coordination and non-verbal reasoning. Working memory index and processing speed index – indicative of concentration, manipulation, short-term memory, processing speed, selective attention and spatial orientation – were meanwhile found to be compromised to a higher percentage among nurses. The Beck Depression Inventory denoted a greater presence of depressive symptoms in nurses than doctors, associated with lower levels of WMI and PSI.

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夜班卫生工作者的抑郁和认知水平

该研究旨在分析西西里一家医院急诊室夜班医护人员中与记忆和认知缺陷相关的抑郁症状的存在，并检查对工作场所健康和安全的影响。心理诊断方案包括Weschler成人智力量表/WAIS-IV (PRI, WMI, PSI)和Beck抑郁量表(BDI)的子测试，通过纳入和排除标准选择50名受试者(25名医生和25名护士)。结果表明，被试在感知推理指标、图像感知能力、人物与背景的分离能力、眼动协调能力和非语言推理能力等方面均处于正常水平。同时，工作记忆指数和处理速度指数——表明集中、操作、短期记忆、处理速度、选择性注意和空间定向——在护士中受损的比例更高。贝克抑郁量表显示护士比医生更容易出现抑郁症状，这与较低的WMI和PSI水平有关。

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Illness Crisis and Loss Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

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