The Anxiety Status of Chinese Medical Workers During the Epidemic of COVID-19: A Meta-Analysis

OBJECTIVE: To analysis the anxiety status of Chinese medical workers during the epidemic of COVID-19 by meta-analysis method. METHODS: CNKI, VIP, WanFang Data, SinoMed, PubMed, Cochrane, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Scopus, Google Scholar and other databases were searched to collect literature on the anxiety status of Chinese medical workers during the epidemic of COVID-19. The retrieval time is from the database construction to 11/03/2020. Meta-analysis was performed on the included articles by using Stata 16.0 software. RESULTS: A total of 7 articles were included, with a total sample size of 7,741 people. Meta-analysis using the random effects model showed that the anxiety score of Chinese medical during the epidemic of COVID-19 was significantly higher than that of the national norm in each study, the difference was statistically significant [SMD (95% CI)=1.145 (0.705–1.584), p<0.001]. CONCLUSION: The anxiety level of Chinese medical workers has increased significantly during the epidemic of COVID-19.