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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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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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