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Risk Perception and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Among Healthcare Workers in Primary and Secondary Healthcare Settings in Qatar: A National Study

INTRODUCTION: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, primary and secondary healthcare workers (HCWs) have faced unprecedented stress, jeopardizing their mental well-being. AIMS: To compare risk perception and psychological distress between primary and secondary HCWs. METHOD: A cros...

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Autores principales: Kader, Nisha, Elhusein, Bushra, Al Abdulla, Samya, Hamza, Abdul Hakeem, Al Maslamani, Muna, Chandra, Prem, Perayil, Rasheedali, Vincent, Jojo, Gunashekaran, Josephine, Alabdulla, Majid
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Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8366132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34392716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21501327211039714
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author Kader, Nisha
Elhusein, Bushra
Al Abdulla, Samya
Hamza, Abdul Hakeem
Al Maslamani, Muna
Chandra, Prem
Perayil, Rasheedali
Vincent, Jojo
Gunashekaran, Josephine
Alabdulla, Majid
author_facet Kader, Nisha
Elhusein, Bushra
Al Abdulla, Samya
Hamza, Abdul Hakeem
Al Maslamani, Muna
Chandra, Prem
Perayil, Rasheedali
Vincent, Jojo
Gunashekaran, Josephine
Alabdulla, Majid
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description INTRODUCTION: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, primary and secondary healthcare workers (HCWs) have faced unprecedented stress, jeopardizing their mental well-being. AIMS: To compare risk perception and psychological distress between primary and secondary HCWs. METHOD: A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted with HCWs in Qatar from April 5 to July 5, 2020. Psychological distress and risk perception were assessed using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, a perceived COVID-19 risk questionnaire, and a sociodemographic questionnaire. RESULTS: Of the 4417 participating HCWs, 3421 (90.3%) felt that their job increased their risk of COVID-19 exposure, 3759 (90.9%) accepted this as part of their job, and 3440 worried that this also increased the risk of exposure to their families. Moreover, 2911 (84.8%) believed that their employer would look after their needs if they contracted COVID-19. Moderate to severe psychological distress was present in 1346 (30.5%) HCWs. Primary HCWs were less likely to experience moderate to severe psychological distress than secondary HCWs (adjusted OR, 0.48; 95% CI 0.29-0.77, P = .003). Secondary HCWs who worked in COVID-19 designated areas had greater psychological distress. CONCLUSIONS: HCWs’ exposure to outbreaks has various psychological effects, which may have long-term consequences and affect their decision-making capacity. Strategies to enhance the mental well-being of HCWs exposed to COVID-19 should be introduced immediately.
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spelling pubmed-83661322021-08-17 Risk Perception and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Among Healthcare Workers in Primary and Secondary Healthcare Settings in Qatar: A National Study Kader, Nisha Elhusein, Bushra Al Abdulla, Samya Hamza, Abdul Hakeem Al Maslamani, Muna Chandra, Prem Perayil, Rasheedali Vincent, Jojo Gunashekaran, Josephine Alabdulla, Majid J Prim Care Community Health Original Research INTRODUCTION: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, primary and secondary healthcare workers (HCWs) have faced unprecedented stress, jeopardizing their mental well-being. AIMS: To compare risk perception and psychological distress between primary and secondary HCWs. METHOD: A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted with HCWs in Qatar from April 5 to July 5, 2020. Psychological distress and risk perception were assessed using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, a perceived COVID-19 risk questionnaire, and a sociodemographic questionnaire. RESULTS: Of the 4417 participating HCWs, 3421 (90.3%) felt that their job increased their risk of COVID-19 exposure, 3759 (90.9%) accepted this as part of their job, and 3440 worried that this also increased the risk of exposure to their families. Moreover, 2911 (84.8%) believed that their employer would look after their needs if they contracted COVID-19. Moderate to severe psychological distress was present in 1346 (30.5%) HCWs. Primary HCWs were less likely to experience moderate to severe psychological distress than secondary HCWs (adjusted OR, 0.48; 95% CI 0.29-0.77, P = .003). Secondary HCWs who worked in COVID-19 designated areas had greater psychological distress. CONCLUSIONS: HCWs’ exposure to outbreaks has various psychological effects, which may have long-term consequences and affect their decision-making capacity. Strategies to enhance the mental well-being of HCWs exposed to COVID-19 should be introduced immediately. SAGE Publications 2021-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8366132/ /pubmed/34392716 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21501327211039714 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Kader, Nisha
Elhusein, Bushra
Al Abdulla, Samya
Hamza, Abdul Hakeem
Al Maslamani, Muna
Chandra, Prem
Perayil, Rasheedali
Vincent, Jojo
Gunashekaran, Josephine
Alabdulla, Majid
Risk Perception and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Among Healthcare Workers in Primary and Secondary Healthcare Settings in Qatar: A National Study
title Risk Perception and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Among Healthcare Workers in Primary and Secondary Healthcare Settings in Qatar: A National Study
title_full Risk Perception and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Among Healthcare Workers in Primary and Secondary Healthcare Settings in Qatar: A National Study
title_fullStr Risk Perception and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Among Healthcare Workers in Primary and Secondary Healthcare Settings in Qatar: A National Study
title_full_unstemmed Risk Perception and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Among Healthcare Workers in Primary and Secondary Healthcare Settings in Qatar: A National Study
title_short Risk Perception and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Among Healthcare Workers in Primary and Secondary Healthcare Settings in Qatar: A National Study
title_sort risk perception and psychological impact of covid-19 pandemic among healthcare workers in primary and secondary healthcare settings in qatar: a national study
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8366132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34392716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21501327211039714
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