Acta Scientific Women's Health (ASWH)(ISSN: 2582-3205)

Symposium Volume 4 Issue 10

Distorted Time Perception Amongst Health Workers Treating SARS CoV-2 and the Repercussions on their Lives and Individual Performance

Zannini Rosalba1, Silvia Battistoni2*, and Di Prospero Filiberto3

1Head Psychologist-psychotherapist, Civitanova Marche Clinic, Area Vasta 3 ASUR Marche Greater Metropolitan Health Service, Italy
2Chief Clinician of the Gynaecology/Obstetrics Team, Civitanova Marche Hospital, Area Vasta 3 ASUR Marche Greater Metropolitan Health Service, Italy
3Interim Director of the Gynaecology/Obstetrics Team, Civitanova Marche Hospital, Area Vasta 3 ASUR Marche Greater Metropolitan Health Service, Italy

*Corresponding Author: Silvia Battistoni, Chief Clinician of the Gynaecology/Obstetrics Team, Civitanova Marche Hospital, Area Vasta 3 ASUR Marche Greater Metropolitan Health Service, Italy.

Received: August 29, 2022; Published: September 16, 2022

Today’s emergency and the forgotten problem

During the COVID-19 health emergency, there has been a lot of discussion regarding what should be done, unfortunately often in contradictory terms, while little has been said about the psychological, emotional and cognitive problems experienced by the health workers involved, particularly as regards the repercussions on their daily lives and individual performance.

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Citation

Citation: Silvia Battistoni. “Distorted Time Perception Amongst Health Workers Treating SARS CoV-2 and the Repercussions on their Lives and Individual Performance". Acta Scientific Women's Health 4.10 (2022): 17-21.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2022 Silvia Battistoni. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.




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