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Mental Health of Physicians During COVID-19 Outbreak in Bangladesh: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey

There have been numerous studies about the health implication of COVID-19 on patients, but little attention has been paid to the impacts of the pandemic on physicians. Our paper attends to this gap by exploring the mental health of physicians in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is parti...

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Autores principales: Khatun, Most. Farida, Parvin, Most. Firoza, Rashid, Md. Mamun-ur, Alam, Md. Shah, Kamrunnahar, Most., Talukder, Ashis, Rahman Razu, Shaharior, Ward, Paul R., Ali, Mohammad
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7902057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33634065
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.592058
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author Khatun, Most. Farida
Parvin, Most. Firoza
Rashid, Md. Mamun-ur
Alam, Md. Shah
Kamrunnahar, Most.
Talukder, Ashis
Rahman Razu, Shaharior
Ward, Paul R.
Ali, Mohammad
author_facet Khatun, Most. Farida
Parvin, Most. Firoza
Rashid, Md. Mamun-ur
Alam, Md. Shah
Kamrunnahar, Most.
Talukder, Ashis
Rahman Razu, Shaharior
Ward, Paul R.
Ali, Mohammad
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description There have been numerous studies about the health implication of COVID-19 on patients, but little attention has been paid to the impacts of the pandemic on physicians. Our paper attends to this gap by exploring the mental health of physicians in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is particularly important since the mental health of physicians impacts not only on themselves, but also their professional performance and hence the care of patients. This study examined physicians' mental health outcomes by evaluating the prevalence and associated potential risk factors of anxiety and depression. Using a web-based cross-sectional survey, we collected data from 114 physicians. Seven-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale and Nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) were used to measure the anxiety and depression, respectively. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to explore the potential risk factors related to anxiety and depression. The prevalence of anxiety and depression were 32.5 and 34.2%, respectively. Findings revealed that marital status, work per day and current job location were the main risk factors for anxiety while sex, age, and marital status were the main risk factors for depression. Our results highlight the need to implement policies and strategies for positively impacting the mental health of physicians during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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spelling pubmed-79020572021-02-24 Mental Health of Physicians During COVID-19 Outbreak in Bangladesh: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey Khatun, Most. Farida Parvin, Most. Firoza Rashid, Md. Mamun-ur Alam, Md. Shah Kamrunnahar, Most. Talukder, Ashis Rahman Razu, Shaharior Ward, Paul R. Ali, Mohammad Front Public Health Public Health There have been numerous studies about the health implication of COVID-19 on patients, but little attention has been paid to the impacts of the pandemic on physicians. Our paper attends to this gap by exploring the mental health of physicians in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is particularly important since the mental health of physicians impacts not only on themselves, but also their professional performance and hence the care of patients. This study examined physicians' mental health outcomes by evaluating the prevalence and associated potential risk factors of anxiety and depression. Using a web-based cross-sectional survey, we collected data from 114 physicians. Seven-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale and Nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) were used to measure the anxiety and depression, respectively. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to explore the potential risk factors related to anxiety and depression. The prevalence of anxiety and depression were 32.5 and 34.2%, respectively. Findings revealed that marital status, work per day and current job location were the main risk factors for anxiety while sex, age, and marital status were the main risk factors for depression. Our results highlight the need to implement policies and strategies for positively impacting the mental health of physicians during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7902057/ /pubmed/33634065 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.592058 Text en Copyright © 2021 Khatun, Parvin, Rashid, Alam, Kamrunnahar, Talukder, Rahman Razu, Ward and Ali. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Public Health
Khatun, Most. Farida
Parvin, Most. Firoza
Rashid, Md. Mamun-ur
Alam, Md. Shah
Kamrunnahar, Most.
Talukder, Ashis
Rahman Razu, Shaharior
Ward, Paul R.
Ali, Mohammad
Mental Health of Physicians During COVID-19 Outbreak in Bangladesh: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey
title Mental Health of Physicians During COVID-19 Outbreak in Bangladesh: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey
title_full Mental Health of Physicians During COVID-19 Outbreak in Bangladesh: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey
title_fullStr Mental Health of Physicians During COVID-19 Outbreak in Bangladesh: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey
title_full_unstemmed Mental Health of Physicians During COVID-19 Outbreak in Bangladesh: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey
title_short Mental Health of Physicians During COVID-19 Outbreak in Bangladesh: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey
title_sort mental health of physicians during covid-19 outbreak in bangladesh: a web-based cross-sectional survey
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7902057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33634065
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.592058
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