The comparison of anxiety, depression and stress symptoms levels of healthcare workers between the first and second COVID-19 peaks

•The healthcare workers had increased levels of anxiety, depression, and stress at the second peak of the pandemic.•The results demonstrate the negative psychological effects of the prolonging period ​for the first time.•The study reveals the necessity of individual and group mental support programs...

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Published in:Psychiatry research 2021-07, Vol.301, p.113976-113976, Article 113976
Main Authors: Gündoğmuş, İbrahim, Ünsal, Cansu, Bolu, Abdullah, Takmaz, Taha, Ökten, Sabri Berkem, Aydın, Mikail Burak, Uçar, Hüseyin, Gündüz, Anıl, Kul, Ayşegül Taşdelen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anxiety - epidemiology
Anxiety - psychology
Anxiety Disorders - epidemiology
COVID
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - psychology
Depression
Depression - epidemiology
Depression - psychology
Female
Health Personnel - psychology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Peak
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychological
SARS-CoV-2
Second
Stress, Psychological - epidemiology
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Turkey - epidemiology
Wave
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Summary:•The healthcare workers had increased levels of anxiety, depression, and stress at the second peak of the pandemic.•The results demonstrate the negative psychological effects of the prolonging period ​for the first time.•The study reveals the necessity of individual and group mental support programs for healthcare professionals. Although the psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been investigated, there is no study comparing the effects between the peaks. This study aims to compare the levels of anxiety, depression, and stress of healthcare workers struggling with pandemic between the first and second peaks. A total of 2460 healthcare workers, 1051 from the first peak period and 1409 from the second peak period, were included in the study. The first peak measurements of the participants were made between 07.04.2020 and 05.05.2020 and the second peak measurements were made between 22.11.2020 and 20.12.2020 according to the peak period in Turkey. Depression-Anxiety-Stress-21(DASS-21) scale was applied to the participants online by the purpose of the study. The mean age of the participants was 32.63 ± 7.70, and 66.5% of them were female. A statistically significant difference was found between the income status (p 
ISSN:0165-1781
1872-7123
DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113976