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Methods: Psychometric screening of the professionals was performed using a nationwide online survey designed by the Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology taskforce. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and general anxiety disorder were screened. Results: We found high scores for PTSD, depression, and generalized anxiety disorder. Up to 12.4% of specialists met the PTSD criteria, 12.8% showed complex PTSD, 37% showed depression, and up to 37% had a positive screening for generalized anxiety disorder. Our results showed that the pandemic has particularly affected the group of female Ob-Gyn specialists, with significant higher scores in depression and anxiety scales. Conclusions: As a lesson learned for the future in case of new health emergencies, it would be very important to provide professionals with adequate psychological support, ensuring enough human and material resources, flexible work shifts, and facilities to reconcile work and family-life, especially in the case of female specialists.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm10245899","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,15]],"date-time":"2021-12-15T21:47:36Z","timestamp":1639604856000},"page":"5899","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Spanish Ob-Gyn Specialists\u2014A Nationwide Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7106-092X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ernesto","family":"Gonz\u00e1lez-Mesa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Malaga, 29071 Malaga, Spain"},{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SSPA Regional University Hospital of M\u00e1laga, 29011 Malaga, Spain"},{"name":"Spanish Section of Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology, 28036 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7286-8656","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jesus Salvador","family":"Jim\u00e9nez-L\u00f3pez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Malaga, 29071 Malaga, Spain"},{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SSPA Regional University Hospital of M\u00e1laga, 29011 Malaga, Spain"},{"name":"Spanish Section of Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology, 28036 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1199-5459","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marta","family":"Blasco-Alonso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Malaga, 29071 Malaga, Spain"},{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SSPA Regional University Hospital of M\u00e1laga, 29011 Malaga, Spain"},{"name":"Spanish Section of Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology, 28036 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jose Ramon","family":"Anderica-Herrero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SSPA Regional University Hospital of M\u00e1laga, 29011 Malaga, Spain"},{"name":"Spanish Section of Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology, 28036 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8861-1751","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel","family":"Lubi\u00e1n-L\u00f3pez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Spanish Section of Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology, 28036 Madrid, Spain"},{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Jerez de la Frontera, 11407 Cadiz, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"(2021, November 09). 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