Evaluation of Depression and Anxiety Levels and Related Factors Among Operating Theater Workers During the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

Tremendous physical and psychological pressure has been placed on health care workers because of the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019. This study aimed to examine the anxiety and depression levels and related factors among health care professionals working in operating theaters (anesthetic...

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Published in:Journal of perianesthesia nursing 2020-10, Vol.35 (5), p.472-477
Main Authors: Koksal, Ersin, Dost, Burhan, Terzi, Özlem, Ustun, Yasemin B., Özdin, Selçuk, Bilgin, Sezgin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
anxiety
Anxiety - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
COVID-19
depression
Depression - epidemiology
Female
Health Personnel - psychology
Humans
Male
Nursing
Operating Rooms
operating theater
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Turkey
Workload - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:Tremendous physical and psychological pressure has been placed on health care workers because of the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019. This study aimed to examine the anxiety and depression levels and related factors among health care professionals working in operating theaters (anesthetic technicians and nurses) during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The universe of this descriptive study consisted of health care professionals working in operating theaters in various health care institutions in Turkey. Data were collected online between April 9, 2020 and April 12, 2020 using a SurveyMonkey Questionnaire (SurveyMonkey, San Mateo, CA) and health care workers who volunteered to participate in the study were contacted via the social media platforms Twitter, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp and asked to answer the questionnaire. Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS version 22.0 software. A total of 702 health care professionals working in operating theaters participated in the study. The mean depression and anxiety scores of the participants were found to be 9.4 ± 4.6 (min 0 to max 21) and 10.0 ± 4.5 (min 0 to max 21), respectively. Depression scores were statistically significantly higher among females, single individuals, those who had children, those living with a person aged 60 years or older (P 
ISSN:1089-9472
1532-8473
DOI:10.1016/j.jopan.2020.06.017