Impact of COVID -19 on Depression and Anxiety among Healthcare Professionals in Abu Dhabi

Alzarooni, A; Alghfeli, Aljazia Khalfan; Alremeithi, Hamda Musabbah; Al§Madhaani, R

doi:10.1101/2021.04.11.21253563

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“…Depression symptoms were revealed in 38.3% of participating providers. The detailed result of the mental screening was reported separately [13]. Depression was negatively associated with the overall performance scores, which means that those with good knowledge, practice, and positive attitudes had lower rates of depression (P-value 0.00).…”

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COVID-19 knowledge, attitude, and practice of United Arab Emirates heath providers at the start of the pandemic 2020

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Background Early in 2020, healthcare providers faced the novel virus COVID-19 that had unprecedented risk to them and the community they serve. With COVID-19 high infectivity rate and considerable morbidity and mortality, healthcare providers ' precautionary practices to protect themselves, colleagues, and patients were determinantal to provide safe health services. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of healthcare providers in the United Arab Emirates toward COVID-19 and to examine its determinants. Method This cross-sectional study was conducted to assess COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) of healthcare providers in the Emirates of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, from April to July 2020, using an online anonymous self-administered questionnaire. A convenient sampling method was used to distribute the online survey link through the organization's email network admin list and smartphone messaging. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, and multivariant linear regression were used. Results A total of 2371 healthcare providers responded to the survey. A total of 1091 worked in inpatient hospitals, 494 in primary health care, and 388 in emergency and ICU care. The overall performance score for all healthcare providers was as follows: 49.1%, poor score; 41.8%, intermediate score; and 9.2%, good score with a mean result of 17.14. Factors leading to better overall performance scores were years of experience, pediatricians’ specialty, and specialist occupation. A total of 55.7% received good direct knowledge from all healthcare providers. In practice, 48% had good practices toward COVID-19. The overall attitude mean was 2.8, with a maximum score of 7, indicating a positive attitude toward COVID-19. Conclusions Although this study describes a dynamic learning status and could reflect the early pandemic situation in Abu Dhabi health care, it does provide a method to assess the precursor of the critical outcome. It is recommended to follow this study with an assessment of the training program targeting all healthcare providers to ensure a better response to emerging infections.

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“…Mild anxiety was reported in 28.8% of participating HCP, and 12.68% of the participants registered moderate anxiety scores, and 9.95 % reported severe anxiety. 9 Another cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 HCWs at four different clinics in Dubai Health Authority from July 2020 to September 2020. Around 76.5% (n=306) reported symptoms of anxiety, 254 (63.5%) stress-based, depression, 315 (78.8%) and 187 (46.8%) suffered from clinical insomnia.…”

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“…The GAD-7 scale is a self-rated scale to assess the anxiety severity and partakes good reliability and validity. The total scores are characterized as follows: "minimal/no anxiety (0-4), mild anxiety (5)(6)(7)(8)(9), moderate anxiety (10)(11)(12)(13)(14), or severe anxiety (15-21)". 7 The GAD-7 total score for the 7 items ranges from 0 to 21, with emerging scores showing more severe functional impairments as a consequence of anxiety.…”

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Anxiety and insomnia prevalence during the COVID-19 pandemic among healthcare workers in the Ministry of Health and Prevention- United Arab Emirates

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown have the potential to influence the mental health of the frontline healthcare workers (HCWs), working in the time of crisis. Hence, it is essential to monitor the anxiety, sleep, along with the other mental health concerns to realize the interceding risk factors as well as to inform tailored interventions. This study therefore aims to detect the psychological impact of COVID-19 experienced by the healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic working in the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) facilities.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out between 25 October 2020 to 30 September 2021 by recruiting 404 healthcare providers currently working in different hospitals of the MOHAP.Results: Of 404 healthcare workers, 76.7% were females and 23.3% were males. About 35.6% were aged 36-45 years. The majority of the participants were non-locals (84.4), 23.5% were doctors/physicians, and 58.7% were nurses, 7.7% were pharmacist, remaining were other healthcare providers. Overall, 10.6% and 3.2% of all healthcare workers reported severe symptoms of anxiety, and insomnia respectively. Only age, gender, qualification, worried about being infected with COVID-19 and likelihood of being infected from COVID-19 showed statistically significant results (p<0.05).Conclusions: The pandemic with respect to the COVID-19 tends to have a noteworthy impact on the mental health of healthcare workers. This evidence indicates that substantial proportion of healthcare workers may experience sleep disturbances and anxiety during the outbreak suggesting a necessity to indicating traditions of mitigating the risks of mental health and regulate interventions under pandemic situations.

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“…The detailed result of the mental screening available in the cited journal . 17 Depression was negatively associated with the overall performance scores, which means that those with good knowledge, practice, and positive attitudes had lower rates of depression (P value 0.00).…”

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COVID 19 Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of The Healthcare Providers in United Arab Emirates

Alghfeli

Zarooni

Alremeithi

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BackgroundHealth care providers at increased risk of COVID-19 infection, inadequate knowledge and practice about COVID-19, and infection control may lead to increased risk of disease transmission. Early diagnosis and appropriate management of COVID 19 cases is important in preventing transmission and improving patient outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, altitude, and practice of healthcare providers in the United Arab Emirates toward COVID-19 and to examine its determinants. MethodA cross-sectional study was conducted to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) of Healthcare providers regarding COVID-19. The study was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic from April to July 2020 , using an online anonymous self-administered questionnaire.ResultsA total of 2371 healthcare providers responded to the survey. A total of 1091 worked in inpatient hospitals, 494 in primary health care, and 388 in emergency and ICU care. The overall performance score for all healthcare providers was as follows: 49.1%, poor score; 41.8 %, intermediate score; and 9.2%, good score with a mean result of 17.14. Factors leading to better overall performance scores were years of experience, pediatricians’ specialty, and specialist’s occupation. A total of 55.7% received good direct knowledge from all healthcare providers. In practice, 48% had good practices toward COVID-19. The overall attitude mean was 2.8, from a maximum score of 7, indicating a positive attitude toward COVID-19.ConclusionsThe study-demonstrated gaps in specific aspects of knowledge and practice that should be focused on in future education and HCP awareness. A structured training program targeting all HCPs is needed to have good clinical knowledge and practice about COVID-19.

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Impact of COVID -19 on Depression and Anxiety among Healthcare Professionals in Abu Dhabi

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COVID-19 knowledge, attitude, and practice of United Arab Emirates heath providers at the start of the pandemic 2020

COVID-19 knowledge, attitude, and practice of United Arab Emirates heath providers at the start of the pandemic 2020

Anxiety and insomnia prevalence during the COVID-19 pandemic among healthcare workers in the Ministry of Health and Prevention- United Arab Emirates

COVID 19 Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of The Healthcare Providers in United Arab Emirates

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