Distress and wellbeing among general practitioners during COVID 19: supports required based on the results from the cross sectional PRICOV 19 study.

Introduction: Emerging literature from all around the world is highlighting the huge toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline health workers. However, prior the crisis, the wellbeing of this group was already of concern. Burnout is the most extreme form of this lack of wellbeing and its symptoms not only has a direct impact on the physician, but also on patients. Some studies have shown that, among physicians who report experiencing at least some signs of burnout, family medicine and emergency medicine physicians are among those at highest risk. [...