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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on residents’ clinical training and psychosocial well-being in Saudi Arabia's Western region

BACKGROUND: The novel COVID-19 pandemic has imposed a significant burden on healthcare systems. Similarly, it has also affected the performance and well-being of the medical staff working during the pandemic. This study aims to evaluate the negative effect of COVID-19 pandemic on medical training an...

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Autores principales: Alshareef, Reem, Al Zahrani, Abdullah, Alzhrani, Meshari, Suwaidi, Abdulaziz, Alamry, Bander
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8415678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34568139
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2173_20
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author Alshareef, Reem
Al Zahrani, Abdullah
Alzhrani, Meshari
Suwaidi, Abdulaziz
Alamry, Bander
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Al Zahrani, Abdullah
Alzhrani, Meshari
Suwaidi, Abdulaziz
Alamry, Bander
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description BACKGROUND: The novel COVID-19 pandemic has imposed a significant burden on healthcare systems. Similarly, it has also affected the performance and well-being of the medical staff working during the pandemic. This study aims to evaluate the negative effect of COVID-19 pandemic on medical training and psychological well-being of resident doctors practicing in the Western region of Saudi Arabia. METHODS: This is a quantitative cross-sectional study that included a survey distributed to resident physicians working in the western region in Saudi Arabia. The survey included questions on demographic data and factors influencing the academic training, attitude, and daily habits of the residents during the pandemic. Psychological impact was assessed using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale. Data analysis was executed using IBM SPSS version 26. RESULTS: A total of 121 residents responded to this survey. Of all respondents, 71.1% were junior residents, 66.9% had a medical specialty; and 33% were family medicine physicians, followed by 17% from general surgery. In regard to work amid the pandemic, 36.1% were in contact with confirmed COVID-19 patients, and 35.5% had to work overtime during the pandemic. There was a non-significant difference detected between the residents regarding the factors negatively affecting their psychological well-being. CONCLUSION: Residents working during the pandemic in the Western area of Saudi Arabia were significantly affected by the pandemic from both professional and psychological perspectives. Further research on how the pandemic is affecting physicians in other areas in Saudi Arabia is needed.
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spelling pubmed-84156782021-09-24 Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on residents’ clinical training and psychosocial well-being in Saudi Arabia's Western region Alshareef, Reem Al Zahrani, Abdullah Alzhrani, Meshari Suwaidi, Abdulaziz Alamry, Bander J Family Med Prim Care Original Article BACKGROUND: The novel COVID-19 pandemic has imposed a significant burden on healthcare systems. Similarly, it has also affected the performance and well-being of the medical staff working during the pandemic. This study aims to evaluate the negative effect of COVID-19 pandemic on medical training and psychological well-being of resident doctors practicing in the Western region of Saudi Arabia. METHODS: This is a quantitative cross-sectional study that included a survey distributed to resident physicians working in the western region in Saudi Arabia. The survey included questions on demographic data and factors influencing the academic training, attitude, and daily habits of the residents during the pandemic. Psychological impact was assessed using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale. Data analysis was executed using IBM SPSS version 26. RESULTS: A total of 121 residents responded to this survey. Of all respondents, 71.1% were junior residents, 66.9% had a medical specialty; and 33% were family medicine physicians, followed by 17% from general surgery. In regard to work amid the pandemic, 36.1% were in contact with confirmed COVID-19 patients, and 35.5% had to work overtime during the pandemic. There was a non-significant difference detected between the residents regarding the factors negatively affecting their psychological well-being. CONCLUSION: Residents working during the pandemic in the Western area of Saudi Arabia were significantly affected by the pandemic from both professional and psychological perspectives. Further research on how the pandemic is affecting physicians in other areas in Saudi Arabia is needed. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-07 2021-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8415678/ /pubmed/34568139 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2173_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 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.
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Alzhrani, Meshari
Suwaidi, Abdulaziz
Alamry, Bander
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on residents’ clinical training and psychosocial well-being in Saudi Arabia's Western region
title Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on residents’ clinical training and psychosocial well-being in Saudi Arabia's Western region
title_full Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on residents’ clinical training and psychosocial well-being in Saudi Arabia's Western region
title_fullStr Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on residents’ clinical training and psychosocial well-being in Saudi Arabia's Western region
title_full_unstemmed Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on residents’ clinical training and psychosocial well-being in Saudi Arabia's Western region
title_short Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on residents’ clinical training and psychosocial well-being in Saudi Arabia's Western region
title_sort impact of the covid-19 pandemic on residents’ clinical training and psychosocial well-being in saudi arabia's western region
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8415678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34568139
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2173_20
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