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Stress and anxiety among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in russia
INTRODUCTION: Mental health of medical workers treating patients with COVID-19 is an issue of increasing concern worldwide, since previous epidemics have shown high levels of anxiety and stress in front-line healthcare professionals. The available data on stress and anxiety symptoms among healthcare...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9470966/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.285 |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Mental health of medical workers treating patients with COVID-19 is an issue of increasing concern worldwide, since previous epidemics have shown high levels of anxiety and stress in front-line healthcare professionals. The available data on stress and anxiety symptoms among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 are relatively limited and have not been evaluated in Russia yet. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate stress and anxiety symptoms among healthcare workers directly involved in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with COVID-19 during the peak of disease outbreak in Russia. METHODS: The study was a cross-sectional hospital-based anonymous on-line survey in May 2020 of 1,090 healthcare workers practicing treatment of patients with COVID-19. Stress and anxiety symptoms were assessed using the Russian versions of Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemic scale (SAVE-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scales. Logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the influence of different variables. RESULTS: The median scores on the GAD-7 and SAVE-9 were 5 and 14, respectively. 49.1% respondents had moderate and 21.9% had severe anxiety according to SAVE-9. 12.3% had severe anxiety, 13.2% had moderate according to GAD-7. Female gender and younger age were associated with higher level of anxiety according to regression model. CONCLUSIONS: Our study has shown that healthcare workers in Russia practicing treatment of patients with COVID-19 reported high rates of stress and anxiety similar to other countries. Female gender, younger age and being a physician were associated with higher levels of anxiety. These results demonstrate the importance of supportive programs for health care workers fighting COVID-19. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships. |
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spelling | pubmed-94709662022-09-29 Stress and anxiety among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in russia Mosolova, E. Sosin, D. Mosolov, S. Eur Psychiatry Abstract INTRODUCTION: Mental health of medical workers treating patients with COVID-19 is an issue of increasing concern worldwide, since previous epidemics have shown high levels of anxiety and stress in front-line healthcare professionals. The available data on stress and anxiety symptoms among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 are relatively limited and have not been evaluated in Russia yet. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate stress and anxiety symptoms among healthcare workers directly involved in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with COVID-19 during the peak of disease outbreak in Russia. METHODS: The study was a cross-sectional hospital-based anonymous on-line survey in May 2020 of 1,090 healthcare workers practicing treatment of patients with COVID-19. Stress and anxiety symptoms were assessed using the Russian versions of Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemic scale (SAVE-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scales. Logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the influence of different variables. RESULTS: The median scores on the GAD-7 and SAVE-9 were 5 and 14, respectively. 49.1% respondents had moderate and 21.9% had severe anxiety according to SAVE-9. 12.3% had severe anxiety, 13.2% had moderate according to GAD-7. Female gender and younger age were associated with higher level of anxiety according to regression model. CONCLUSIONS: Our study has shown that healthcare workers in Russia practicing treatment of patients with COVID-19 reported high rates of stress and anxiety similar to other countries. Female gender, younger age and being a physician were associated with higher levels of anxiety. These results demonstrate the importance of supportive programs for health care workers fighting COVID-19. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships. Cambridge University Press 2021-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9470966/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.285 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Abstract Mosolova, E. Sosin, D. Mosolov, S. Stress and anxiety among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in russia |
title | Stress and anxiety among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in russia |
title_full | Stress and anxiety among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in russia |
title_fullStr | Stress and anxiety among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in russia |
title_full_unstemmed | Stress and anxiety among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in russia |
title_short | Stress and anxiety among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in russia |
title_sort | stress and anxiety among healthcare workers during the covid-19 pandemic in russia |
topic | Abstract |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9470966/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.285 |
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