• Anaëlle Caillet, Charlotte Coste, Rocio Sanchez, and Bernard Allaouchiche.
• Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Service de Réanimation, F-6931 0, Pierre-Bénite, France. Electronic address: cailletanaelle1@gmail.com.
• Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2020 Dec 1; 39 (6): 717-722.

Subject And PurposeJust as every pandemic, COVID-19 could lead to emotional and psychological disturbances among caregivers, especially in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), where significant stress related to the influx of patients, exposure to the virus and the lack of documentation on this new SARS occurred. The present study aimed at assessing the psychological impact of COVID-19 on the caregivers at the peak of the "crisis period".Materials And MethodsA survey using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Impact of Event Scale - Revised (IES-R) was proposed to the persons working in 5 ICUs of a French teaching hospital (8th of April to the 21st of April 2020). Logistic regression was performed to find independent risk factors for anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A value of p <  0.05 was considered significant.ResultsThe incidence of anxiety and depression were 48% and 16%, respectively. PTSD symptoms were present in 27% of respondents. The independent risk factors for developing anxiety syndrome were being assigned in COVID-19 + ICU (OR = 2.081 [95% confident interval (CI), 1.035-4.184)], and not be trained in intensive care medicine, OR = 2.570 [95% CI, 1.344-4.901]. The independent risk factors for PTSD are having a history of burn-out (OR = 4.591 [95% CI, 1.464-14.397] and not being trained in ICU, (OR = 2.155 [95% CI, 1.047-4.440]).ConclusionCOVID-19 could have a strong impact on ICU workers. These findings should lead to prevention procedures (ICU training sessions) in persons at risk.Copyright © 2020 Société française d'anesthésie et de réanimation (Sfar). Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

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