Psychological Symptoms Among Healthcare Workers Handling COVID-19 Patients.
Introduction: Healthcare workers serve as the frontliners against the coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) and this puts them most at risk of infection as they attend to numerous patients with unknown status. This study aimed to examine stress, anxiety, and depression among healthcare workers ca...
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| Language: | English |
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Malaysian Medical Association
2021
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34886/1/Psychological.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34886/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33742619/ |
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| Summary: | Introduction: Healthcare workers serve as the frontliners
against the coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) and this
puts them most at risk of infection as they attend to
numerous patients with unknown status. This study aimed
to examine stress, anxiety, and depression among
healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients in Sarawak General Hospital (SGH), Malaysia.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional observational
study conducted in SGH during the pandemic with an online
self-administered questionnaire composed of two parts, the socio-demographic characteristics, and the Depression
Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS).
Results: A total of 105 healthcare workers responded to this study. A questionnaire in both Bahasa Melayu and English was used. The findings showed that all healthcare workers had mild anxiety, with the majority experiencing mild stress (57.1%), and almost half of the respondents experiencing mild depression (41%). Female subjects had a significant higher mean score in anxiety level and stress level compared to male subjects (10.0±3.20 vs. 8.6±2.93, p<0.05; 14.1±4.76 vs. 10.7±3.70, p<0.05, respectively). Staff who were transferred from other units to handle COVID-19 cases experienced more psychological symptoms. There were significant correlations between the depression, anxiety and stress levels among the healthcare workers and the number of children they had (r=0.739, p=0.001; r=0.642, p=0.001; r=1, p =0.001 respectively). However, the stress level among the
healthcare workers was reversely correlated with their years of working experience (r=-0.199, p=0.042).
Conclusion: This study identified some socio-demographic
factors associated with increased levels of stress, anxiety and depression among the healthcare workers during pandemic, which may lay ground for future interventions. |
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