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Psychological distress and related factors regarding COVID-19 among the ancillary hospital staff: A cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at the front line of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak response. They have faced great risks to both physical and mental health. We aimed to assess the psychological effect of COVID-19 among ancillary hospital staff. METHODS: A cross-sectional stud...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10259555/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37312788 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1890_22 |
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author | Goel, Kapil Singh, Gurmeet Arora, Yogesh Goel, Parul Aggarwal, Arun Kumar Sen, Arunima Kumar, Krishan Bhogal, Ranjitpal Singh Thakur, JS Singh, Amarjeet Sharma, Nikita |
author_facet | Goel, Kapil Singh, Gurmeet Arora, Yogesh Goel, Parul Aggarwal, Arun Kumar Sen, Arunima Kumar, Krishan Bhogal, Ranjitpal Singh Thakur, JS Singh, Amarjeet Sharma, Nikita |
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description | BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at the front line of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak response. They have faced great risks to both physical and mental health. We aimed to assess the psychological effect of COVID-19 among ancillary hospital staff. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 267 on-duty ancillary hospital staff using a semi-structured questionnaire to assess their psychological status and risk perception. In addition, their knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) and risk perception were also assessed. The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) was used to screen for psychological distress. RESULTS: Among 267 participants, the mean (±SD) age was 33.5 (7.6) years. The majority knew about the symptoms of COVID-19 (88.4%), droplet spread (99.3%), and the importance of isolation (99.3%). About 35.2% were worried about infecting family members, while 26.2% were worried about colleagues at the frontline. Only 38.9% of them had a good knowledge score. Participants with high school and above education level had significantly good knowledge about COVID-19 (OR = 1.99; 95% CI = 1.17- 3.39) than those with primary school or below. Being female (OR 1.99; 95% CI 1.17-3.39) and working with COVID-19 patients (OR 3.88, 95% CI 1.77-8.47, P = 0.001) was associated with psychological distress. CONCLUSION: The ancillary hospital staff had insufficient knowledge regarding the risk factors of COVID-19 but possessed positive attitudes and practices. Continued health education and appropriate psychological interventions may improve understanding and reduce psychological distress. |
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spelling | pubmed-102595552023-06-13 Psychological distress and related factors regarding COVID-19 among the ancillary hospital staff: A cross-sectional study Goel, Kapil Singh, Gurmeet Arora, Yogesh Goel, Parul Aggarwal, Arun Kumar Sen, Arunima Kumar, Krishan Bhogal, Ranjitpal Singh Thakur, JS Singh, Amarjeet Sharma, Nikita J Family Med Prim Care Original Article BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at the front line of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak response. They have faced great risks to both physical and mental health. We aimed to assess the psychological effect of COVID-19 among ancillary hospital staff. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 267 on-duty ancillary hospital staff using a semi-structured questionnaire to assess their psychological status and risk perception. In addition, their knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) and risk perception were also assessed. The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) was used to screen for psychological distress. RESULTS: Among 267 participants, the mean (±SD) age was 33.5 (7.6) years. The majority knew about the symptoms of COVID-19 (88.4%), droplet spread (99.3%), and the importance of isolation (99.3%). About 35.2% were worried about infecting family members, while 26.2% were worried about colleagues at the frontline. Only 38.9% of them had a good knowledge score. Participants with high school and above education level had significantly good knowledge about COVID-19 (OR = 1.99; 95% CI = 1.17- 3.39) than those with primary school or below. Being female (OR 1.99; 95% CI 1.17-3.39) and working with COVID-19 patients (OR 3.88, 95% CI 1.77-8.47, P = 0.001) was associated with psychological distress. CONCLUSION: The ancillary hospital staff had insufficient knowledge regarding the risk factors of COVID-19 but possessed positive attitudes and practices. Continued health education and appropriate psychological interventions may improve understanding and reduce psychological distress. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023-04 2023-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10259555/ /pubmed/37312788 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1890_22 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Goel, Kapil Singh, Gurmeet Arora, Yogesh Goel, Parul Aggarwal, Arun Kumar Sen, Arunima Kumar, Krishan Bhogal, Ranjitpal Singh Thakur, JS Singh, Amarjeet Sharma, Nikita Psychological distress and related factors regarding COVID-19 among the ancillary hospital staff: A cross-sectional study |
title | Psychological distress and related factors regarding COVID-19 among the ancillary hospital staff: A cross-sectional study |
title_full | Psychological distress and related factors regarding COVID-19 among the ancillary hospital staff: A cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Psychological distress and related factors regarding COVID-19 among the ancillary hospital staff: A cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Psychological distress and related factors regarding COVID-19 among the ancillary hospital staff: A cross-sectional study |
title_short | Psychological distress and related factors regarding COVID-19 among the ancillary hospital staff: A cross-sectional study |
title_sort | psychological distress and related factors regarding covid-19 among the ancillary hospital staff: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10259555/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37312788 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1890_22 |
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