Prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in healthcare workers before and during COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Front Public Health · 2026 · PMC13003540 · PMID 41869602

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Healthcare workers in high-income countries showed marginally higher estimated rates of probable PTSD (26.6, 95% CI: 24.3–29.2%) during the pandemic compared to low- and middle-income countries (21.5, 95% CI: 16.8–27.1%), however, this difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.096).

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