Abbas Jessani, Nedra Peter, Nicole Hernandez-Viovy
The two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender identity curriculum in Canadian Dental Schools: What are the gaps and proposed next steps?
Journal of dental education
healthcare professionals hcps face variety workrelated stressors impact mental health cognitive performance work resilience psychological resource helps workers cope stress prevents unfavorable psychological impact aim study assess associations working hcps cognitive function well work resilience comparative crosssectional study conducted among hcps suez canal university hospital ismailia governorate egypt april 2023 august 2023 two hundred thirtyfive hcps 107 administrative employees admins invited participate study selfadministered questionnaire used obtain sociodemographic relavent data cognitive function assessed minimental state examination test work resilience assessed brief resilience scale psychological distress measured depression anxiety stress scale 21items dass21 scale statistical significance determined mann whitney utest continuous variables chisquare test fishers exact appropriate categorical variables multiple logistic regression models employed determine associations main outcomes cognitive impairment low resilience main covariate working hcps vs admins adjusting potential confounders hcps showed significantly greater cognitive impairment less resilience dass21 admins odds impaired cognitive function hcps significantly higher admins odds ratio 445 95 confidence interval ci 1271567 p 0020 adjusted potential covariates similarly odds low resilience hcps significantly higher admins 581 95 ci 2721244 p 0001 adjusted potential covariates however adjusted association impaired cognitive function low resilience statistically significant 055 95 ci 023133 p 0185 hcps significantly impaired cognitive function low work resilience workplace policies interventions control depression stress anxiety required encouragement physical activity programs combine positive coping skills training eg relaxation training positive thinking problem solving resiliencebuilding interventions eg taking proactive approach solving problems flexible adaptive developed special attention hcps higher sense selfefficacy