Perceived Stress and Stigma Among Doctors Working in COVID-19–Designated Hospitals in India

Uvais, N. A.; Shihabudheen, P.; Hafi, Bishurul

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“…We could not find any studies exploring stigma and stress among hemodialysis staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent study from India involving physicians explored COVID-19-related stigma and stress and found relatively higher levels of stigma (62.1%) and stress (63.8%) when compared to our study results [9]. Our study also found that the level of perceived stigma is significantly associated with stress among hemodialysis staff, which is in agreement with previous studies carried out among physicians and nurses during a pandemic [9].…”

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“…A recent study from India involving physicians explored COVID-19-related stigma and stress and found relatively higher levels of stigma (62.1%) and stress (63.8%) when compared to our study results [9]. Our study also found that the level of perceived stigma is significantly associated with stress among hemodialysis staff, which is in agreement with previous studies carried out among physicians and nurses during a pandemic [9]. Together, our results indicate that dialysis staff perceive high stigma during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is a novel finding with clinical, policy, and research implications.…”

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COVID-19-related stigma and perceived stress among dialysis staff

Uvais¹,

Aziz²,

Hafeeq³

2020

J Nephrol

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COVID-19-related stigma and perceived stress among dialysis staff

Uvais¹,

Aziz²,

Hafeeq³

2020

J Nephrol

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“…Aptly, a study on the hemodialysis staff accounted stigma (54.6%) as the leading perceived factor affecting staff's day-to-day work compared to jobrelated stress (36.1%) which was in concordance with other studies carried out among healthcare workers (Uvais, Aziz and Hafeeq, 2020). In furtherance, a recent study carried out in India contemplating physicians in the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic reported relatively higher levels of stigma (62.1%) and stress (63.8%) (Uvais, Shihabudheen, Bishurul Hafi, 2020). These findings are valuable as its implications in clinical, policy-making, and research settings are inevitable.…”

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Nurses Experiences and Coping Styles About Stigma During Covid-19: A Qualitative Study

YÖNDER ERTEM

2021

OPUS Uluslararası Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi

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It is of great importance to take necessary measures to reduce and prevent stigma, and plan protective psychosocial interventions for the healthcare workers, especially for the nurses who are in contact with high-risk patients. This study was conducted to solicit nurses' views on social stigmatization in the process of combating COVID-19. A descriptive qualitative method was utilized on the nurses in a training and research hospital between June and September 2020. The sample of the study consisted of 15 nurses who worked in a designated pandemic hospital during the COVID-19 outbreak. The research data was gathered via Socio-Demographic Information Form and Semi-Structured Interview Form. Subsequently, content analysis was registered. This study was based on COREQ (consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research) which is known to establish explicit guidelines in reporting qualitative research. The average age of the participants was 38 (min: 24-max: 54), of which 10 were women, 10 were single, 9 had children, 10 had a graduate degree. Participants had an average of 12.9 years of work experience (min: 1-max:30) of which 7.1 years was clinical work (min: 1-max:17). Three main themes were identified for the analysis of data, namely, the experiences of stigma, coping with stigma, and psychological-social results of stigma. It was determined that nurses, who were exposed to stigmatized attitudes in their clinical and social environments, mainly had recourse to employ passive coping methods during the process which later posed psychosocial adverse effects. Evaluation of the research results in theoretical, clinical, academic, and administrative settings shows necessity. Health care professionals can make use of proactive anti-stigma programs to sustain their effective work environment.

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“…The most common psychological symptoms measured with surveys or validated questionnaires reported included anxiety (n = 103), depression (n = 73), stress (n = 68), fear (n = 61), burnout (n = 25), mental distress/health (n = 21), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (n = 14) (Additional File 3). Most COVID-19 studies reported on physicians from USA (n = 23) [41,52,66,70,77,[90][91][92][93][94][95][96][97][98][99][100][101][102][103][104][105][106][107], China (n = 22) [15, 49, 54-56, 65, 68, 73, 86, 89, 102, 108-118] followed by India (n = 21) [40,50,58,63,67,71,102,[119][120][121][122][123][124][125][126][127][128][129][130][131][132] [41,52,…”

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Experiences and management of physician psychological symptoms during infectious disease outbreaks: a rapid review

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Background Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians experienced unprecedented levels of burnout. The uncertainty of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic along with increased workload and difficult medical triage decisions may lead to a further decline in physician psychological health. Methods We searched Medline, EMBASE, and PsycINFO for primary research from database inception (Medline [1946], EMBASE [1974], PsycINFO [1806]) to November 17, 2020. Titles and abstracts were screened by one of three reviewers and full-text article screening and data abstraction were conducted independently, and in duplicate, by three reviewers. Results From 6223 unique citations, 480 articles were reviewed in full-text, with 193 studies (of 90,499 physicians) included in the final review. Studies reported on physician psychological symptoms and management during seven infectious disease outbreaks (severe acute respiratory syndrome [SARS], three strains of Influenza A virus [H1N1, H5N1, H7N9], Ebola, Middle East respiratory syndrome [MERS], and COVID-19) in 57 countries. Psychological symptoms of anxiety (14.3–92.3%), stress (11.9–93.7%), depression (17–80.5%), post-traumatic stress disorder (13.2–75.2%) and burnout (14.7–76%) were commonly reported among physicians, regardless of infectious disease outbreak or country. Younger, female (vs. male), single (vs. married), early career physicians, and those providing direct care to infected patients were associated with worse psychological symptoms. Interpretation Physicians should be aware that psychological symptoms of anxiety, depression, fear and distress are common, manifest differently and self-management strategies to improve psychological well-being exist. Health systems should implement short and long-term psychological supports for physicians caring for patients with COVID-19.

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Perceived Stress and Stigma Among Doctors Working in COVID-19–Designated Hospitals in India

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