Anxiety Levels among Healthcare Professionals during Covid-19 Pandemic: A Multifactorial Study

Malik, Arif; Hafeez, MM; Waquar, Sulayman; Rana, Muhammad Asim; Alam, Rabail

doi:10.1101/2020.10.14.20212167

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“…The anxiety rate in this study was higher than that of HWs in Suadi, at 11%, [20] and depression was also higher than that of HCWs in China, at 6.2% (mean PHQ-9: 15.1). [22] These findings are in line with a significant amount of research that has been published [28,29] and show that HCWs experience anxiety at this time. In the present study, there were considerably more people who reported having moderate or severe anxiety (22.5%) than there were in the general population (5%), as had been observed prior to the pandemic.…”

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The Psychological Stress of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Healthcare Workers in the Kurdistan Region

Shakor,

Qadir,

Mohammed

et al. 2023

Cihan U Erbil SCI J

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Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic can lead to terrific condition among healthcare workers (HCWs) and severe stress reactions can raise the risk of secondary trauma. The aim of this study was determine the psychological burden of the COVID-19 outbreak on HCWs. The cross-sectional quantitative survey was conducted online from September 1 to September 18, 2020. Online questionnaires employing scales including the generalized anxiety disorder (GAD-7), patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9), and perceived stress scale (PSS-10) were used to investigate anxiety, depression, and stress. This study has shown that percentage of severe anxiety, stress, and depression were (22%), (3.9%), and (11%) respectively among HCWs. There was a significant association of PHQ score with age, gender, marital status, number of children, kind of employment, and work experiences. GAD score was found to have a significant relationship (P = 0.05) with gender, job title, and healthcare experiences in this study. The PSS score of women who worked in hospitals was found to be considerably higher. Health-care professionals in Kurdistan experienced high anxiety and stress during the COVID-19 epidemic.

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The Psychological Stress of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Healthcare Workers in the Kurdistan Region

Shakor,

Qadir,

Mohammed

et al. 2023

Cihan U Erbil SCI J

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Mental health impact on healthcare workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a U.S. cross-sectional survey study

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Ranes

Lawrence

et al. 2022

J Patient Rep Outcomes

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Background The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the mental health and well-being of health care workers (HCWs). This study examined mental health outcomes and COVID-related stress impacts among a diverse sample of ambulatory HCWs, including clinicians and support staff, as well as the associations between mental health outcomes and work impairments in this population. Detailing these results can help in designing interventions to alleviate this burden. Methods “The Health Care Worker Stress Survey” was administered to ambulatory care providers and support staff at three multispecialty care delivery organizations as part of an online, cross-sectional study conducted between June 8, 2020, and July 13, 2020. Results The greatest stress impact reported by HCWs was the uncertainty regarding when the COVID-19 outbreak would be under control, while the least reported concern was about self-dying from COVID-19. Differences in COVID-19 stress impacts were observed by age, gender, and occupational risk factors. Approximately 50% of participants reported more than a minimal level of anxiety, including 22.5% who indicated moderate to severe levels of anxiety. Higher levels of anxiety were observed with younger ages and female gender, while occupational roles with increased exposure risk did not report higher levels of anxiety. Roughly two-thirds of the sample reported less than good sleep quality and one-third to one-half of the sample reported other sleep related problems that differed by age and gender. Role limitations due to emotional health correlated with COVID-19 related stress, anxiety and sleep problems. Conclusions Using established, validated measures, we quantified mental health outcomes within a diverse sample of ambulatory care HCWs during the pandemic. Younger and female HCWs reported greater anxiety burden; HCWs with higher occupational risk of COVID exposure did not report higher levels of anxiety. Notable proportions of HCWs reported sleep and work impairments. Due to the cross-sectional nature of the study, it is difficult to attribute these patterns to the pandemic. These results underscore the depth and extent of mental health outcomes in HCWs in ambulatory settings and raise important questions on new interventions to relieve that burden. Further research is needed to study specific interventions to support the mental health and wellbeing of HCWs.

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Anxiety Levels among Healthcare Professionals during Covid-19 Pandemic: A Multifactorial Study

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The Psychological Stress of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Healthcare Workers in the Kurdistan Region

The Psychological Stress of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Healthcare Workers in the Kurdistan Region

Mental health impact on healthcare workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a U.S. cross-sectional survey study

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