@article{Pasin_Sella_Correale_Boscolo_Mormando_Zordan_Landoni_Navalesi_2020, title={Pandemic COVID-19: the residents’ resilience: COVID-19 and residents’ resilience}, volume={91}, url={https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/actabiomedica/article/view/10061}, DOI={10.23750/abm.v91i4.10061}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Background and aim of the work. </strong>Healthcare workers are often exposed to secondary traumatic stress. The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak caused intense psychological pressure in various healthcare professionals, with increased risk of post-traumatic stress disorder. Objective of our study was to evaluate the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder in italian residents in Intensive Care and Emergency Departments facing COVID-19 emergency.</p> <p><strong>Methods. </strong>We developed a short, anonymous web-questionnaire to obtain data regarding sociodemographic, professional characteristics, history of psychological trauma, psychotherapy, use of psychiatric medications and the presence of symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Primary outcome was the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder. Secondary endpoint was to identify possible risk factors associated with the development of post-traumatic stress disorder.  Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms were assessed by the Impact of Event Scale-Revised.  A cut-off of 33 identified a probable diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder while a cut-off of 22 identified subclinical post-traumatic stress disorder.</p> <p><strong>Results. </strong>503 residents completed the questionnaire. Among residents who were directly involved in the clinical assistance of COVID-19 patients, 34.3% presented a probable diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder, while 21.5% presented subclinical post-traumatic stress disorder. Female gender and history of psychological trauma were significantly associated with the development of post-traumatic stress symptoms.</p> <p><strong>Conclusions</strong>. Our data suggest a high incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder in Italian residents working in Intensive Care Units and Emergency Departments during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. This finding supports the importance of promptly implementing any strategy that might preserve staff mental health.</p>}, number={4}, journal={Acta Biomedica Atenei Parmensis}, author={Pasin, Laura and Sella, Nicolò and Correale, Christelle and Boscolo, Annalisa and Mormando, Giulia and Zordan, Maria and Landoni, Giovanni and Navalesi, Paolo}, year={2020}, month={Oct.}, pages={e2020120} }