The psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers in a MERS-CoV endemic country

Temsah, Mohamad-Hani; Alsohime, Fahad; Alamro, Nurah; Al‐Eyadhy, Ayman; Alhasan, Khalid; Jamal, Amr; Al-Maglouth, Ibrahim; Aljamaan, Fadi; Amri, Maha Al; Barry, Mazin; Alsubaie, Sarah; Somily, Ali M.

doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2020.05.021

Cited by 315 publications

(362 citation statements)

References 38 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

307

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Se han encontrado 17 estudios en los que la ansiedad aparecía como uno de los principales impactos psicológicos analizados en los profesionales sanitarios 3,6,7,10,[12][13][14][15][16][17]19,20,[22][23][24][25] En los estudios encontrados, se puede observar que mayoritariamente se emplearon la escala GAD-7 y la SAS. Los resultados obtenidos por medio de la GAD-7 mostraron en el estudio de Lai et al 3 que el 44,6 % presentaban ansiedad.…”

Section: Ansiedadunclassified

El impacto en la salud mental de los profesionales sanitarios durante la COVID-19

Batalla-Martín¹,

Espinosa²,

Bolzoni³

2020

Rev Enferm Salud Ment

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objetivo: examinar cuáles son los impactos psicológicos en la salud mental de los profesionales sanitarios durante el período de la enfermedad por coronavirus de 2019 (COVID-19). Metodología: revisión de bases de datos electrónicas: PubMed, Medline, Web of Science y la base de datos bibliográfica para enfermería CUIDEN, utilizando las palabras clave «COVID-19», «coronavirus», «SARS-CoV-2», «mental health», «nurse», «insomnia», «anxiety», «staff», «health workers» y «review», en trabajos publicados entre diciembre de 2019 y mayo de 2020 y limitada a los idiomas inglés, español y catalán. Resultados: de los 22 artículos incluidos en la revisión, mayoritariamente, se identificaron cuatro impactos psicológicos en los profesionales sanitarios: ansiedad, depresión, insomnio y estrés. Asimismo, se identificaron los factores de riesgo asociados a cada uno de los impactos psicológicos. Conclusiones: esta situación sanitaria provocada por la COVID-19 ha producido importantes impactos psicológicos en los profesionales sanitarios, siendo necesario no solo su detección, sino también su tratamiento para evitar posibles problemas a medio-largo plazo.

show abstract

Section: Ansiedadunclassified

El impacto en la salud mental de los profesionales sanitarios durante la COVID-19

Batalla-Martín¹,

Espinosa²,

Bolzoni³

2020

Rev Enferm Salud Ment

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…At the beginning many people were worried about the health of their family, similarly to the results noted in other studies [28,32,33]. Such concerns increased as the government imposed physical distancing, quarantine and isolation, especially for the elderly who have the greatest mortality risk [29].…”

Section: Worry About Family Membersmentioning

confidence: 66%

Knowledge and perception of COVID-19 pandemic. Before-and-after online community survey.

Nazar

Leszkowicz

Pieńkowska

et al. 2020

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

BackgroundCOVID-19 pandemic impacts many communities worldwide. In this study the Poles' knowledge about COVID-19 as well as people’s behaviours, attitudes and fears during the pandemic were assessed. Changes in these between the outset of the pandemic and the imposition of the strictest lockdown measures in Poland were investigated.MethodsPhysicians, nurses, students of medicine-oriented faculties, non-medical professionals, students of non-medicine-oriented faculties and secondary school students were surveyed by an anonymous online questionnaire two times: at the onset of the pandemic and in the second week of the strictest lockdown. Statistical analyses were performed using non-parametric tests – Pearson Chi Square, Kruskal-Wallis tests.ResultsIn total 2618 responses were collected. At the beginning people knew that the respiratory system was attacked (97.9%); correctly identified the major symptoms of COVID-19 (95.0%) and ways to prevent infection: hand washing (99.8%), covering mouth (85.9%) and the need to call sanitary-epidemiological services if one experienced COVID-19-like symptoms (92.1%).The biggest changes between the first and second phase of the study concerned behaviours: more people wearing facial masks (+37.5%) and staying at home (+66.1%). Respondents in the second wave of the survey were also more scared of the pandemic (+19.6%), economic crisis (+64.1%), and worried about their families (+26.5%). However, they were less afraid of the quarantine (lockdown) (-18.2%). Nurses and physicians were the most worried groups.ConclusionsThe study showed that even at the outset of the pandemic Polish population had a good initial knowledge about symptoms, transmission, and preventive behaviours regarding COVID-19. People revealed more short-term concerns, such as the worries about coping with quarantine and isolation. After a month, the knowledge and the concerns among the respondents changed. A shift towards long-term pandemic management issues was observed. Respondents reported to experience more fears concerning the pandemic in general, as well as economic and healthcare crises. Medical professionals reported higher level of fear of the pandemic than other groups included in this study. This study uses before-and-after approach which highlights the changes in people’s knowledge and perception of the COVID-19 pandemic during the pandemic’s progression.

show abstract

“…A study was carried out on 582 HCWs at King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, showed that the majority of HCWs had mild anxiety from Covid-19. 13 However; the survey was conducted before registering any case of Covid-19 in Saudi Arabia.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The government can also play a role by improving the bene ts for HCWs and their families. 13 These initiatives can be further enhanced by understanding the level of concerns and worries among healthcare workers and provide targeted strategies that address those concerns. Along this line, several studies have investigated the selfsatisfaction of HCW and their personal feelings across several important domains.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perception and attitude of healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia with regard to Covid-19 pandemic and potential associated predictors

Abolfotouh

Almutairi

BaniMustafa

et al. 2020

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background . Healthcare workers (HCWs) face considerable mental and physical stress caring for patients with Covid-19. They are at higher risk of acquiring and transmitting this virus. Perception and attitude of HCWs in Saudi Arabia regarding Covid-19 were evaluated in comparison with MERS outbreak. Methods. In a cross-sectional study, HCWs at three tertiary hospitals in Saudi Arabia were surveyed via email, by a concern scale about Covid-19 pandemic during 15-30 April, 2020. Concerns of disease severity, governmental efforts to contain it and disease outcomes were assessed using 32 concern-statements in five distinct domains. Multiple regression analyses were used to identify predictors of high concern scores. Results. A total of 844 HCW responded to the survey. Their average age was 40.4±9.5 years, 40.3% were nurses, 58.2% had direct patient contact, and 77.3% were living with family members and/or others. The majority of participants (72.1%) had an overall concern score of 55 or less out of a maximum score of 96 points. Three-fourth of respondents felt at risk of contracting Covid-19 infection at work, 69.1% felt threatened if a colleague contracted Covid-19, 69.9% felt obliged to care for patients infected with Covid-19 while 27.7% did not feel safe at work using the standard precautions. Nearly all HCWs believed that the government should isolate patients with Covid-19 in specialized hospitals (92.9%), agreed with travel restriction to/from areas affected by Covid-19 (94.7%) and felt safe government implemented curfew and movement restriction periods (93.6%). Predictors of high concern scores were; HCWs of Saudi nationality (p<0.001), younger age (p=0.003), undergraduate education (p=0.044), living with others (p=0.003) working in the western region (p=0.003) and direct contact with patients (p=0.018). In comparison with MERS outbreak, HCWs reported significantly higher mean scores about Covid-19 pandemic for overall concern (45.9 versus 40.3, p<0.001). Conclusions. The current study highlights the high concern among HCWs about Covid-19 and identifies the predictors of those with highest concern levels. To minimize the potential negative impact of those concerns on the performance of HCWs during pandemics, measures are necessary to enhance their protection and to minimize the psychological effect of the perceived risk of infection.

show abstract

The psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers in a MERS-CoV endemic country

Cited by 315 publications

References 38 publications

El impacto en la salud mental de los profesionales sanitarios durante la COVID-19

El impacto en la salud mental de los profesionales sanitarios durante la COVID-19

Knowledge and perception of COVID-19 pandemic. Before-and-after online community survey.

Perception and attitude of healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia with regard to Covid-19 pandemic and potential associated predictors

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About