Evaluation of Stress, Depression, and Anxiety among Health-Care Workers doing Duty for COVID-19 Patients in Tertiary Health-Care Facilities
Background: The coronavirus pandemic (coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19]) has brought the entire world to a standstill, causing an unprecedented impact on people's lives. The most affected population is the frontline health-care workers, including the on-duty doctors and paramedical staff memb...
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| author | Aatman Nimesh Parikh Yagnya Darshit Dalal Alpesh J Gediya Parth Dharmesh Shah Hitendra A Gandhi |
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| description | Background: The coronavirus pandemic (coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19]) has brought the entire world to a standstill, causing an unprecedented impact on people's lives. The most affected population is the frontline health-care workers, including the on-duty doctors and paramedical staff members providing treatment and care to the COVID patients in the wards and intensive care units. Aim: The present study aimed to evaluate, compare, and correlate the prevalent levels of stress, depression, and anxiety among the doctors and the paramedical personnel treating COVID-19 patients. Materials and Methods: Two hundred and eight consecutive medical professionals and 209 consecutive paramedical personnel, fulfilling the inclusion criteria, were evaluated. Sociodemographic and clinical data were gathered using a semi-structured proforma. Assessments were further done using the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale. Chi-square test was used to compare the groups (medical and paramedical staff) and their correlates. Results: Depression was present in significantly higher number of paramedical staff (43.54%) compared to medical personnel (33.17%). Among doctors, the total duty hours had a significant positive correlation (P < 0.05) to the depressive symptoms. In contrast, the anxiety levels were significantly lower (P < 0.05) among those paramedical staff members who performed their COVID duty for more than 2 weeks. Conclusion: The relentless management of COVID patients by the health-care warriors has begotten a high level of psychiatric morbidity among them. Provision of better facilities, adequate information, and appropriate interventions are required in this regard. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f009ce9eac4749ca99c9eb11551eaff32022-12-22T04:13:11ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Social Psychiatry0971-99622022-01-0138327027510.4103/ijsp.ijsp_304_20Evaluation of Stress, Depression, and Anxiety among Health-Care Workers doing Duty for COVID-19 Patients in Tertiary Health-Care FacilitiesAatman Nimesh ParikhYagnya Darshit DalalAlpesh J GediyaParth Dharmesh ShahHitendra A GandhiBackground: The coronavirus pandemic (coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19]) has brought the entire world to a standstill, causing an unprecedented impact on people's lives. The most affected population is the frontline health-care workers, including the on-duty doctors and paramedical staff members providing treatment and care to the COVID patients in the wards and intensive care units. Aim: The present study aimed to evaluate, compare, and correlate the prevalent levels of stress, depression, and anxiety among the doctors and the paramedical personnel treating COVID-19 patients. Materials and Methods: Two hundred and eight consecutive medical professionals and 209 consecutive paramedical personnel, fulfilling the inclusion criteria, were evaluated. Sociodemographic and clinical data were gathered using a semi-structured proforma. Assessments were further done using the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale. Chi-square test was used to compare the groups (medical and paramedical staff) and their correlates. Results: Depression was present in significantly higher number of paramedical staff (43.54%) compared to medical personnel (33.17%). Among doctors, the total duty hours had a significant positive correlation (P < 0.05) to the depressive symptoms. In contrast, the anxiety levels were significantly lower (P < 0.05) among those paramedical staff members who performed their COVID duty for more than 2 weeks. Conclusion: The relentless management of COVID patients by the health-care warriors has begotten a high level of psychiatric morbidity among them. Provision of better facilities, adequate information, and appropriate interventions are required in this regard.http://www.indjsp.org/article.asp?issn=0971-9962;year=2022;volume=38;issue=3;spage=270;epage=275;aulast=Parikhanxietycovid-19depressionhealth-care workersstress |
| spellingShingle | Aatman Nimesh Parikh Yagnya Darshit Dalal Alpesh J Gediya Parth Dharmesh Shah Hitendra A Gandhi Evaluation of Stress, Depression, and Anxiety among Health-Care Workers doing Duty for COVID-19 Patients in Tertiary Health-Care Facilities Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry anxiety covid-19 depression health-care workers stress |
| title | Evaluation of Stress, Depression, and Anxiety among Health-Care Workers doing Duty for COVID-19 Patients in Tertiary Health-Care Facilities |
| title_full | Evaluation of Stress, Depression, and Anxiety among Health-Care Workers doing Duty for COVID-19 Patients in Tertiary Health-Care Facilities |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Stress, Depression, and Anxiety among Health-Care Workers doing Duty for COVID-19 Patients in Tertiary Health-Care Facilities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Stress, Depression, and Anxiety among Health-Care Workers doing Duty for COVID-19 Patients in Tertiary Health-Care Facilities |
| title_short | Evaluation of Stress, Depression, and Anxiety among Health-Care Workers doing Duty for COVID-19 Patients in Tertiary Health-Care Facilities |
| title_sort | evaluation of stress depression and anxiety among health care workers doing duty for covid 19 patients in tertiary health care facilities |
| topic | anxiety covid-19 depression health-care workers stress |
| url | http://www.indjsp.org/article.asp?issn=0971-9962;year=2022;volume=38;issue=3;spage=270;epage=275;aulast=Parikh |
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