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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health of health-care workers in a tertiary care teaching and dedicated COVID-19 hospital

AIM: We aimed to assess the consequences of dealing with patients during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period on the mental state of health-care workers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An anonymous online survey was conducted with 353 participants using a self-made questionnaire comparing the prevalence of...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Nishtha, Luthra, Avinav, Shailaja, B., Chaudhury, Suprakash, Saldanha, Daniel
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34908666
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.328790
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author Gupta, Nishtha
Luthra, Avinav
Shailaja, B.
Chaudhury, Suprakash
Saldanha, Daniel
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Luthra, Avinav
Shailaja, B.
Chaudhury, Suprakash
Saldanha, Daniel
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description AIM: We aimed to assess the consequences of dealing with patients during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period on the mental state of health-care workers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An anonymous online survey was conducted with 353 participants using a self-made questionnaire comparing the prevalence of low mood, apprehension, tension, and coping skills used and the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21. The data were analyzed to compare the mental health of male and female doctors. To identify predictors of mental health outcomes, a multivariate logistic regression was carried out. RESULTS: Both men and women were almost equally affected in terms of developing features of low mood, with easy physical and mental exhaustion. While the feeling of being isolated and irritability was slightly higher in females, both sexes were equally affected by the media. It was observed that the prevalence of smoking (tobacco/marijuana, etc.) had increased in both with slightly higher percentage in males as compared to females while there was a considerable increase in caffeine and alcohol consumption in males. The sleeping pattern and appetite were equally affected in both sexes. The sexual drive was also altered in both male and female residents, but the change was considerably more in males. The significant predictors of anxiety were age, depression, mental exhaustion, burden of increased quantity of work, and feeling of having no choice but to work due to obligation. CONCLUSION: Both male and female doctors working during the COVID-19 pandemic developed anxiety and depression. While substance use and altered sexual drive were more in males, exhaustion and stress were more in females.
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spelling pubmed-86115552021-12-13 Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health of health-care workers in a tertiary care teaching and dedicated COVID-19 hospital Gupta, Nishtha Luthra, Avinav Shailaja, B. Chaudhury, Suprakash Saldanha, Daniel Ind Psychiatry J Original Article AIM: We aimed to assess the consequences of dealing with patients during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period on the mental state of health-care workers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An anonymous online survey was conducted with 353 participants using a self-made questionnaire comparing the prevalence of low mood, apprehension, tension, and coping skills used and the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21. The data were analyzed to compare the mental health of male and female doctors. To identify predictors of mental health outcomes, a multivariate logistic regression was carried out. RESULTS: Both men and women were almost equally affected in terms of developing features of low mood, with easy physical and mental exhaustion. While the feeling of being isolated and irritability was slightly higher in females, both sexes were equally affected by the media. It was observed that the prevalence of smoking (tobacco/marijuana, etc.) had increased in both with slightly higher percentage in males as compared to females while there was a considerable increase in caffeine and alcohol consumption in males. The sleeping pattern and appetite were equally affected in both sexes. The sexual drive was also altered in both male and female residents, but the change was considerably more in males. The significant predictors of anxiety were age, depression, mental exhaustion, burden of increased quantity of work, and feeling of having no choice but to work due to obligation. CONCLUSION: Both male and female doctors working during the COVID-19 pandemic developed anxiety and depression. While substance use and altered sexual drive were more in males, exhaustion and stress were more in females. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-10 2021-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8611555/ /pubmed/34908666 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.328790 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Industrial Psychiatry Journal 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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Gupta, Nishtha
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Chaudhury, Suprakash
Saldanha, Daniel
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health of health-care workers in a tertiary care teaching and dedicated COVID-19 hospital
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title_short Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health of health-care workers in a tertiary care teaching and dedicated COVID-19 hospital
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34908666
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.328790
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