Mental health impacts of COVID-19 on healthcare workers in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a multi-country study
| العنوان: | Mental health impacts of COVID-19 on healthcare workers in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a multi-country study |
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| المؤلفون: | Ehab Kamal, Hashaam Akhtar, Abdelaziz Barkia, Maisa Elfadul, Khwaja Mir Islam, Yousef Khader, Faris Lami, Shahd Raid Ramzi, Abdulwahed Al Serouri, Hala BahaaEldin, Sahar Samy, Hana Ahmad Taha, Fazal-Ur Rahman, Yasser Ghaleb, Abdirizak Yusuf Ahmed, Huda Hakim, Aamer Ikram, Ahmed Mohamud Hussein, Yasser Hijjo, Moshtaq Hassan Hussein, Hiba Abdulrahman Rashak, Salma Afifi, Mohannad Al Nsour |
| المصدر: | Journal of Public Health (Oxford, England) |
| بيانات النشر: | Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, associated factors, medicine.medical_specialty, health care facilities, manpower, and services, Health Personnel, media_common.quotation_subject, Psychological intervention, Computer-assisted web interviewing, Anxiety, stress, Health care, medicine, Humans, AcademicSubjects/MED00860, Child, Pandemics, Depression (differential diagnoses), media_common, stressanxiety, Depression, SARS-CoV-2, business.industry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, COVID-19, General Medicine, died, Mental health, Distress, Cross-Sectional Studies, Mental Health, Family medicine, Female, Original Article, Worry, medicine.symptom, business |
| الوصف: | Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic are under incredible pressure, which puts them at risk of developing mental health problems. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress among HCWs responding to COVID-19 and its associated factors. Methods A multi-country cross-sectional study was conducted during July–August 2020 among HCWs responding to COVID-19 in nine Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) countries. Data were collected using an online questionnaire administered using KoBo Toolbox. Mental problems were assessed using the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21). Results A total of 1448 HCWs from nine EMR countries participated in this study. About 51.2% were male and 52.7% aged ≤ 30 years. Of all HCWs, 57.5% had depression, 42.0% had stress, and 59.1% had anxiety. Considering the severity, 19.2%, 16.1%, 26.6% of patients had severe to extremely severe depression, stress, and anxiety, respectively. Depression, stress, anxiety, and distress scores were significantly associated with participants’ residency, having children, preexisting psychiatric illness, and being isolated for COVID-19. Furthermore, females, those working in a teaching hospital, and specialists had significantly higher depression and stress scores. Married status, current smoking, diabetes mellitus, having a friend who died with COVID-19, and high COVID-19 worry scores were significantly associated with higher distress scores. Conclusions Mental problems were prevalent among HCWs responding to COVID-19 in EMR. Therefore, special interventions to promote mental well-being among HCWs responding to COVID-19 need to be immediately implemented. |
| تدمد: | 1741-3850 1741-3842 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/pubmed/fdab321 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::2e8f1e1f95999bf7463927a4c81c41e4 https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdab321 |
| Rights: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....2e8f1e1f95999bf7463927a4c81c41e4 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 17413850 17413842 |
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| DOI: | 10.1093/pubmed/fdab321 |