Comparative study of the mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care professionals in India

This study aimed to investigate how the psychological health of health care professionals (HCP) on COVID duty was different from those who were not directly in contact. Of 473 (76%) randomly selected respondents (doctors and nurses) to a WhatsApp request message, 450 subjects’ data were finally anal...

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Published in:Future microbiology 2021-11, Vol.16 (16), p.1267-1276
Main Authors: Jakhar, Jitender, Biswas, Partha Sarathi, Kapoor, Mahima, Panghal, Amandeep, Meena, Amit, Fani, Harsha, Kharya, Pradip
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
anxiety
burnout
COVID-19
depression
duty hours
health care professionals
mental health
psychological impact
stress
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Summary:This study aimed to investigate how the psychological health of health care professionals (HCP) on COVID duty was different from those who were not directly in contact. Of 473 (76%) randomly selected respondents (doctors and nurses) to a WhatsApp request message, 450 subjects’ data were finally analyzed. The prevalence of stress, anxiety and depression among HCP was 33.8, 38.9 and 43.6%, respectively. Compared with nonexposed professionals, COVID-19-exposed professionals had roughly double the score of these morbidities (t = 6.3, p < 0.001; t = 6.9, p < 0.001; t = 6.0, p < 0.001). Most worry (71.11%) was about the health of their family, followed by themselves (35.55%). The level of exposure, feelings of uncertainty and fear of infection emerged in our study as possible risk factors for psychological morbidities among HCP.
ISSN:1746-0913
1746-0921
DOI:10.2217/fmb-2021-0084