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Level of anxiety among healthcare providers during COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia: cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: The burden of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted widely on the healthcare providers physically and mentally. Many healthcare providers are exposed to psychological stressors due to their high risk of contracting the virus. AIMS: This study aimed to measure the level of anxi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8418795/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34557359 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12119 |
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author | Al Mutair, Abbas Al Mutairi, Alya Alabbasi, Yasmine Shamsan, Abbas Al-Mahmoud, Sana Alhumaid, Saad Arshad, Muhammad zeshan Awad, Mansour Rabaan, Ali |
author_facet | Al Mutair, Abbas Al Mutairi, Alya Alabbasi, Yasmine Shamsan, Abbas Al-Mahmoud, Sana Alhumaid, Saad Arshad, Muhammad zeshan Awad, Mansour Rabaan, Ali |
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description | BACKGROUND: The burden of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted widely on the healthcare providers physically and mentally. Many healthcare providers are exposed to psychological stressors due to their high risk of contracting the virus. AIMS: This study aimed to measure the level of anxiety among healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. In addition, this study aimed to measure the level of anxiety based on demographic characteristics. METHOD: A cross-sectional survey was employed to recruit a convenience sample of healthcare providers. A pencil and paper self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data from demographic and generalized anxiety disorder GAD-7 data. However, this study received written informed consent from participants of the study. In addition, the study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group (IRB Log No. RC20.06.88-03). RESULTS: A total of 650 participants were recruited, results of GAD-7 showed that 43.5%, 28.9% and 27.5% of healthcare providers in Saudi Arabia experienced mild, moderate and severe anxiety, respectively, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results indicated that age, health specialty, nationality, and sleeping disorders before COVID-19 were associated with anxiety levels. CONCLUSION: The generalized anxiety among healthcare providers in Saudi Arabia was mild. Older healthcare providers were found to have a higher level of anxiety compared to other participating healthcare providers. Several factors may contribute to a higher level of anxiety including age, socioeconomic status, marital status, having chronic conditions, and sleeping disorder before the COVID-19 pandemic. To further understand the level of anxiety among healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia, longitudinal and mixed-method research is needed. |
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spelling | pubmed-84187952021-09-22 Level of anxiety among healthcare providers during COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia: cross-sectional study Al Mutair, Abbas Al Mutairi, Alya Alabbasi, Yasmine Shamsan, Abbas Al-Mahmoud, Sana Alhumaid, Saad Arshad, Muhammad zeshan Awad, Mansour Rabaan, Ali PeerJ Infectious Diseases BACKGROUND: The burden of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted widely on the healthcare providers physically and mentally. Many healthcare providers are exposed to psychological stressors due to their high risk of contracting the virus. AIMS: This study aimed to measure the level of anxiety among healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. In addition, this study aimed to measure the level of anxiety based on demographic characteristics. METHOD: A cross-sectional survey was employed to recruit a convenience sample of healthcare providers. A pencil and paper self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data from demographic and generalized anxiety disorder GAD-7 data. However, this study received written informed consent from participants of the study. In addition, the study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group (IRB Log No. RC20.06.88-03). RESULTS: A total of 650 participants were recruited, results of GAD-7 showed that 43.5%, 28.9% and 27.5% of healthcare providers in Saudi Arabia experienced mild, moderate and severe anxiety, respectively, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results indicated that age, health specialty, nationality, and sleeping disorders before COVID-19 were associated with anxiety levels. CONCLUSION: The generalized anxiety among healthcare providers in Saudi Arabia was mild. Older healthcare providers were found to have a higher level of anxiety compared to other participating healthcare providers. Several factors may contribute to a higher level of anxiety including age, socioeconomic status, marital status, having chronic conditions, and sleeping disorder before the COVID-19 pandemic. To further understand the level of anxiety among healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia, longitudinal and mixed-method research is needed. PeerJ Inc. 2021-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8418795/ /pubmed/34557359 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12119 Text en © 2021 Al Mutair et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited. |
spellingShingle | Infectious Diseases Al Mutair, Abbas Al Mutairi, Alya Alabbasi, Yasmine Shamsan, Abbas Al-Mahmoud, Sana Alhumaid, Saad Arshad, Muhammad zeshan Awad, Mansour Rabaan, Ali Level of anxiety among healthcare providers during COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia: cross-sectional study |
title | Level of anxiety among healthcare providers during COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia: cross-sectional study |
title_full | Level of anxiety among healthcare providers during COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia: cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Level of anxiety among healthcare providers during COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia: cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Level of anxiety among healthcare providers during COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia: cross-sectional study |
title_short | Level of anxiety among healthcare providers during COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia: cross-sectional study |
title_sort | level of anxiety among healthcare providers during covid-19 pandemic in saudi arabia: cross-sectional study |
topic | Infectious Diseases |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8418795/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34557359 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12119 |
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