Mental status of healthcare professionals according to the level of exposure to COVID-19 patient during the pandemic

Authors : Mehmet Nur KAYA

Pages : 1081-1085

Doi:10.32322/jhsm.1112460

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Publication Date : 2022-07-20

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Introduction: The frontline healthcare workers during the coronavirus outbreak work under intense pressure while working in close contact with COVID-19 patients, and can subsequently develop mental health-related problems. This study aimed to evaluate the mental impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers according to exposure level. Material and Method: This cross-sectional study included a total of 282 participants. Healthcare workers were divided into two groups as low-risk contact and high-risk contact according to the degree of contact with the coronavirus. Anxiety, depression, and insomnia were evaluated among the groups using the Insomnia Severity Index insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ISI);, General Anxiety Disorder-7 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(GAD-7);, and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PHQ-9); scales. Results: One hundred seventy eight insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(62.4%); women and 104 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(36.8%); men, with a mean age of 24.59 years were included in this study. The number of low-risk patients was 180 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(63.8%);, while the number of high-risk patients was 102 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(36.1%);. In addition, according to the multivariate analysis, staff working in the department with high-risk contact had significantly lower high to suffer anxiety insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(OR 1.283, 95% CI 1.109-1.483, p=0.001);, depression insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(OR 1.052, 95% CI 1.019-1.088, p=0.001); and insomnia insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(OR 3.460, 95% CI 2.506-4.784, p<0.001);. Conclusion: Our results show that healthcare workers working in high-risk contact units for exposure to COVID-19 have high levels of anxiety, depression, and insomnia than healthcare workers working in low-risk contact units.
Keywords : COVID 19, medical staff, anxiety, depression, insomnia