The psychological morbidity among health care workers during the early phase of Covid-19 pandemic in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Across India, there have been multiple studies conducted to address the issues of the mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study estimated the pooled prevalence of psychological morbidity among healthcare workers during the early phase of the COVID 19 pandemi...
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| author | Suresh K Sharma Jaison Joseph Manju Dhandapani Abin Varghese K Radha Karobi Das Nisha Jangra Promila Rozha Biji P Varkey Regina Rachel |
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| description | Across India, there have been multiple studies conducted to address the issues of the mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study estimated the pooled prevalence of psychological morbidity among healthcare workers during the early phase of the COVID 19 pandemic in India. We searched the following electronic bibliographic databases: PubMed, ScienceDirect, Wiley online library, and Google scholar for studies conducted from the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic until 25 September 2021. The methodological quality of each study was scored and outcome measures with uniform cut off scores as per various screening measurements were evaluated. According to the current meta analysis, the pooled estimates of depression, anxiety, stress, and insomnia among Indian healthcare workers during the COVID 19 pandemic are 20.1% (95% CI: 15.6 to 24.6%; n = 21 studies), 25.0% (95% CI: 18.4 to 31.6%; n = 20 studies), 36% (95% CI: 23.7 to 48.2%; n = 22 studies) and 18.9% (95% CI: 9.9 to 28.0%; n = 6 studies) respectively. In subgroup analyses, low quality studies based on the JBI checklist (Score < 3/9) and studies using DASS 21 showed a higher pooled prevalence of depression and anxiety. About 20–36% of the healthcare workers in India reported having depression, anxiety, and stress during the early phase of the COVID 19 pandemic. The present study provides a comprehensive review of the overall burden of mental health problems among healthcare workers during the COVID 19 pandemic in India necessitating appropriate intervention strategies to protect these frontline groups before the memory of the pandemic crisis starts to fade. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4676bcd2375b4a26a141792bc57367902023-03-21T08:41:53ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Community Medicine0970-02181998-35812023-01-01481122310.4103/ijcm.ijcm_159_22The psychological morbidity among health care workers during the early phase of Covid-19 pandemic in India: A systematic review and meta-analysisSuresh K SharmaJaison JosephManju DhandapaniAbin VargheseK RadhaKarobi DasNisha JangraPromila RozhaBiji P VarkeyRegina RachelAcross India, there have been multiple studies conducted to address the issues of the mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study estimated the pooled prevalence of psychological morbidity among healthcare workers during the early phase of the COVID 19 pandemic in India. We searched the following electronic bibliographic databases: PubMed, ScienceDirect, Wiley online library, and Google scholar for studies conducted from the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic until 25 September 2021. The methodological quality of each study was scored and outcome measures with uniform cut off scores as per various screening measurements were evaluated. According to the current meta analysis, the pooled estimates of depression, anxiety, stress, and insomnia among Indian healthcare workers during the COVID 19 pandemic are 20.1% (95% CI: 15.6 to 24.6%; n = 21 studies), 25.0% (95% CI: 18.4 to 31.6%; n = 20 studies), 36% (95% CI: 23.7 to 48.2%; n = 22 studies) and 18.9% (95% CI: 9.9 to 28.0%; n = 6 studies) respectively. In subgroup analyses, low quality studies based on the JBI checklist (Score < 3/9) and studies using DASS 21 showed a higher pooled prevalence of depression and anxiety. About 20–36% of the healthcare workers in India reported having depression, anxiety, and stress during the early phase of the COVID 19 pandemic. The present study provides a comprehensive review of the overall burden of mental health problems among healthcare workers during the COVID 19 pandemic in India necessitating appropriate intervention strategies to protect these frontline groups before the memory of the pandemic crisis starts to fade.http://www.ijcm.org.in/article.asp?issn=0970-0218;year=2023;volume=48;issue=1;spage=12;epage=23;aulast=Sharmaanxietycovid-19depressionhealth care workersindiastress |
| spellingShingle | Suresh K Sharma Jaison Joseph Manju Dhandapani Abin Varghese K Radha Karobi Das Nisha Jangra Promila Rozha Biji P Varkey Regina Rachel The psychological morbidity among health care workers during the early phase of Covid-19 pandemic in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis Indian Journal of Community Medicine anxiety covid-19 depression health care workers india stress |
| title | The psychological morbidity among health care workers during the early phase of Covid-19 pandemic in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_full | The psychological morbidity among health care workers during the early phase of Covid-19 pandemic in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_fullStr | The psychological morbidity among health care workers during the early phase of Covid-19 pandemic in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The psychological morbidity among health care workers during the early phase of Covid-19 pandemic in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_short | The psychological morbidity among health care workers during the early phase of Covid-19 pandemic in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_sort | psychological morbidity among health care workers during the early phase of covid 19 pandemic in india a systematic review and meta analysis |
| topic | anxiety covid-19 depression health care workers india stress |
| url | http://www.ijcm.org.in/article.asp?issn=0970-0218;year=2023;volume=48;issue=1;spage=12;epage=23;aulast=Sharma |
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