Mental Health Outcomes among Frontline Health-Care Workers at Eka Kotebe National COVID-19 Treatment Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020: A Cross-Sectional Study

Habtamu, Yodit; Admasu, Kalkidan; Tullu, Mikiyas; Damene, Woyenabeba; Birhanu, Addis; Beyero, Teferra; Tekeda, Addis Birhanu

doi:10.2147/ndt.s311949

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“…The study found that the odds of having DD are 7.78 times higher among those HCWs who were single as compared to those who were divorced. This result was in line with previous results from Eka kotebe hospital (29), Dessie comprehensive specialized hospital (30), and southern Ethiopia (22). Being single was the psychosocial risk factors of depressive symptoms due to a lack of a partner to express their daily stressors, thereby lacking social support.…”

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Depressive Symptoms and its Associated Factors among Health Care Workers in Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia

Tesema,

Woldeamanue,

Mekonen

et al. 2024

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Background: Depression is a mental disorder that presents with a depressed mood, loss of pleasure or interest, decrease in energy, feeling of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep, loss of appetite, and poor-concentration. Healthcare professionals are more susceptible to depression because they face higher amounts of professional stress in their job and academic lives. However, there is limited knowledge regarding health professionals’ level of depressive disorder in Ethiopia. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of depression and associated factors among health professionals, at Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods: We conducted an institution-based cross-sectional study among 439 randomly selected health care worker using interviewer-administered patient health questionnaire-9 from April to May 2023. Ordinal logistic regression was performed to identify predictors of depressive disorder. Result : The overall prevalence of depressive symptoms among health care workers was 56.5% (95% CI (51.8% ,61.1%)). There were reports of mild (35%), moderate (13%) and severe (9%) depression, respectively. Marital status of being single (AOR=7.78, 95%CI: 1.123, 49.01), history of childhood abuse (AOR=2.57, 95%CI:1.49, 4.42), history of suicidal attempt (AOR=2.66, 95%CI:1.25,5.67), having history of stressful life event (AOR=1.527, 95%CI: 1.02,2.3), back pain over the past 30 days (AOR=2, 95%CI: 1.30,3.11), working for more than 8 hours (AOR=3.03, 95%CI: 1.12,8.24), and having experience of 5-10 year (AOR=4, 95%CI: 1.05,15.27) and 10-15 years (AOR= 4.24, 95%CI: 1.08,16.58) and poor social support (AOR= 2.09, 95%CI: 1.09,3.99) were statistically associated with increased level of depressive disorder. Conclusion : Healthcare professionals’ higher rate of depression was due to the higher work load, childhood abuse, history of stressful life, back pain, and poor social support. Thus, the hospital or ministry of health should give special attention to health care workers who has high work load, childhood abuse, history of stressful life, back pain, and poor social support to reduce the burden of depressive disorder among health professionals. Furthermore, early depression screening and treatment in hospitals is needed.

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Depressive Symptoms and its Associated Factors among Health Care Workers in Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia

Tesema,

Woldeamanue,

Mekonen

et al. 2024

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“…20,35,36 Previous viral outbreaks showed HCWs at increased risk of psychological adverse effects [36][37][38][39] during and after the epidemics and, also in the framework of COVID-19 outbreak, HCWs were shown to be at increased risk of negative mental health outcomes, among which PTSD. [40][41][42][43][44][45][46] Our finding supports the evidence of previous studies revealing higher levels of functioning impairment among individuals with post-traumatic stress symptoms with respect to those without, with these latter found as predictive factors of impairment in each domain of functioning analyzed in a sample of HCWs facing the COVID-19 pandemic. 35 The present study has some limitations to note.…”

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Validation of the Spanish Version of the Trauma and Loss Spectrum Self-Report (TALS-SR): A Study on Healthcare Workers Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic

Carmassi¹,

Pedrinelli²,

Antonini³

et al. 2023

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Background The present study aimed at reporting about the validity and reliability of the Spanish version of the Trauma and Loss Spectrum-Self Report (TALS-SR), an instrument based on a multidimensional approach to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD), including a range of threatening or traumatic experiences and significant losses, besides the spectrum of peri-traumatic stress reactions and post-traumatic stress symptoms that may occur. Methods A sample of 87 Health Care Workers (HCWs) employed in the COVID-19 Emergency Department at the Virgen de la Arrixaca and Reina Sofia Hospitals (Murcia, Spain) during the pandemic, was consecutively recruited and fulfilled the TALS-SR. Assessments also included the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), to examine post-traumatic stress symptoms and probable PTSD. Nineteen HCWs fulfilled the TALS-SR again after three weeks from baseline for test–retest reliability. Results This study provides evidence of good internal consistency and test–retest reliability of the Spanish version of the TALS-SR. Strong support for the internal validity structure was obtained, with positive and significant correlations between the five symptomatologic domains and the symptomatologic total score. Significant and good correlations between the TALS-SR symptomatologic domains and the IES-R total and single domains’ scores were found. The Questionnaire also demonstrated to discriminate between subjects with and without PTSD, with subjects with PTSD showing significantly higher mean scores in each domain of the TALS-SR. Conclusion This study validates the Spanish version of TALS-SR, providing a useful instrument for a spectrum approach to PTSD and confirms the potential utility of this psychometric tool in both clinical practice and research settings.

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“…In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we included 13 cross sectional studies 8–15 25–29 focused on the impact of COVID-19 on anxiety and stress status among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 in Ethiopia. When we observe the regional distribution, four studies 9 12 15 27 were from SNNP, three studies 11 13 26 were from Oromiya, three studies 8 10 14 were from Amhara, one study 28 was from Addis Ababa and Oromiya, one study 29 was from Addis Ababa and one study 25 was in all regions (national level). Depending on the types of mental disorders, eight studies 8–10 12 25 26 28 29 were reported about anxiety and nine studies 9–11 13–15 26–28 were reported about stress.…”

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Anxiety and stress among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

2023

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ObjectiveThis study intended to assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and stress among healthcare professionals in Ethiopia.DesignThis study applied a design of systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Data sourcesEligibility criteria and outcomesObservational studies examining anxiety and stress among healthcare professionals in Ethiopia following COVID-19 pandemic were considered. The primary outcomes were the prevalence of anxiety and stress and the secondary outcomes were factors associated to the prevalence of anxiety and stress.Data extraction and synthesisTwo authors extracted the data and performed quality assessment independently. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used to evaluate the quality of eligible studies. Random-effect model with the inverse variance method was used to estimate the pooled effect size of the outcome variables with its 95% CI. Publication bias was checked by DOI plot and Luis Furuya Kanamori index. Stata V.14.0 (StataCorp) software was used for statistical analysis.ResultsThirteen studies were included. From eight studies the pooled prevalence of anxiety was 46% (95% CI 0.30% to 0.61%, τ2=0.0497, I2=99.07%, p<0.001). Nine studies reported about stress and the pooled prevalence was 51% (95% CI 0.41% to 0.62%, τ2=0.0253, I2=97.85%, p<0.001)). Age, sex, marital status, working department, history of contact with confirmed COVID-19 cases and profession were associated factors for high level of anxiety and stress.ConclusionsCOVID-19 pandemic highly affects mental health of healthcare professionals in Ethiopia. Anxiety and stress were among reported mental health problems among healthcare professionals during the pandemic. Timely psychological counselling programmes should be applied for healthcare professionals to improve the general mental health problems.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42022314865.

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Mental Health Outcomes among Frontline Health-Care Workers at Eka Kotebe National COVID-19 Treatment Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020: A Cross-Sectional Study

Cited by 11 publications

References 32 publications

Depressive Symptoms and its Associated Factors among Health Care Workers in Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia

Depressive Symptoms and its Associated Factors among Health Care Workers in Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia

Validation of the Spanish Version of the Trauma and Loss Spectrum Self-Report (TALS-SR): A Study on Healthcare Workers Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic

Anxiety and stress among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

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