Anxiety and depression in frontline health care workers during the outbreak of Covid-19.
Int J Soc Psychiatry
; 67(6): 656-663, 2021 09.
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| ID: mdl-33100114
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The pandemic of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) seriously impacts the health and well-being of all of us.AIMS:
We aim to assess the psychological impact of Covid-19 on frontline health care workers (HCWs), including anxiety, depression and stress of threat of the disease.METHOD:
The study was a cross-sectional survey among the frontline HCWs in a hospital at Jinan, China. Data were collected through an anonymous, self-rated questionnaire, including basic demographic data, a 10-item Covid-19 stress questionnaire, the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and the Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS). The risk and rate of anxiety, depression and stress of Covid-19 were estimated.RESULTS:
Among the 309 participants, there were 88 (28.5%) with anxiety and 172 (56.0%) with depression. Multivariate logistic regression analyses showed that age ⩽ 30 years, age > 30 to 45 years, working in confirmed case isolation wards, and worrying about disinfection measures being not sufficient were independently associated with anxiety with an odds ratio (95% confidence interval, CI) of 4.4 (1.6-12.2), 3.1 (1.1-8.8), 2.3 (1.4-4.0) and 2.5 (1.5-4.3), respectively; age ⩽ 30 years, age > 30 to 45 years, nurse and worrying about disinfection measure being not sufficient were independently associated with depression with an odds ratio (95% CI) of 3.8 (1.8-7.8), 2.7 (1.3-5.7), 2.5 (1.1-5.6) and 2.1 (1.3-3.5), respectively.CONCLUSIONS:
A high prevalence of anxiety and depression was found among frontline HCWs during the COVID-19 outbreak. More psychological care should be given to young staffs and nurses. Measures to prevent professional exposure is important for HCWs' physical and mental health.Key words
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Population Health
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Int J Soc Psychiatry
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
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