2020
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-51322/v1
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Anxiety Amongst Physicians During COVID-19: Cross-Sectional Study in Pakistan

Abstract: Background: Ensuring safety and wellbeing of healthcare providers is crucial, particularly during times of a pandemic. In this study, we aim to identify the determinants of anxiety in physicians on duty in coronavirus wards or quarantine centers. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional quantitative survey with an additional qualitative item. Overall, 103 physicians completed the questionnaire. T-test results revealed significant associations between gender and anxiety. Results: Structural equation modeling ide… Show more

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“…Psychologists have highlighted a substantial increase in mental health challenges faced by the population since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic (Mukhtar 2020). Locally, there has been research about the anxiety experienced by healthcare workers during COVID 19 (Mahmood et al 2021), stigma faced by family members of COVID-19 patients (Rizvi Jafree et al 2020) and the socio-psychological experiences of people during the pandemic (Mahmood et al 2020). However, research about which coping strategies have been used to deal with mental health issues caused by the pandemic has been relatively neglected (Xiang et al 2020).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Psychologists have highlighted a substantial increase in mental health challenges faced by the population since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic (Mukhtar 2020). Locally, there has been research about the anxiety experienced by healthcare workers during COVID 19 (Mahmood et al 2021), stigma faced by family members of COVID-19 patients (Rizvi Jafree et al 2020) and the socio-psychological experiences of people during the pandemic (Mahmood et al 2020). However, research about which coping strategies have been used to deal with mental health issues caused by the pandemic has been relatively neglected (Xiang et al 2020).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Pakistan, regional lockdowns were announced during mid of March 2020; however, due to increasing number of cases; a countrywide lockdown was imposed during April 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected the social and working lives of people in the Asian countries (Das & Dutta, 2020) including Pakistan, particularly those associated with healthcare (Mahmood et al, 2020). In Pakistan all hospitals have been continuously struggling to fight against the deadly outbreak in the country (Waris et al, 2020) and the healthcare professionals are facing excessive workloads, physical, and mental fatigue (Rana et al, 2020).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%