scholarly journals Posttraumatic stress symptoms of health care workers during the corona virus disease 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 384-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qianlan Yin ◽  
Zhuoer Sun ◽  
Tuanjie Liu ◽  
Xiong Ni ◽  
Xuanfeng Deng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Care Workers

scholarly journals Prevalence of posttraumatic stress symptoms in health care workers after exposure to patients with COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 100261
Author(s):  
Hao Chen ◽  
Bin Wang ◽  
Yanbo Cheng ◽  
Bilal Muhammad ◽  
Shengli Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Care Workers

scholarly journals Prevalence and Associated Factors of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Stigma among Health Care Workers in Contact with COVID-19 Patients

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atefeh Zandifar ◽  
Rahim Badrfam ◽  
Nami Mohammadian Khonsari ◽  
Mohammad Reza Mohammadi ◽  
Hamid Asayesh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Care Workers

Objective: The global spread of COVID-19 has caused great psychological stress in health care workers (HCWs). This study aims to assess the prevalence and associated factors of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and stigma among health care workers (HCWs) who are involved in treating COVID-19 patients. This study was conducted as part of studies related to assessing the mental health status of HCWs in Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Overall, in this cross sectional study, 894 HCWs working in 9 general hospitals in Alborz province, Iran, in the field of diagnostic and treatment care of patients with COVID-19 were selected using multistage sampling method. PTSS and its subscales, including intrusion, avoidance, and hyper vigilance were obtained based on the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder-8 Item validated questionnaire. Information on Stigma's perception among HCWs was also obtained based on a questionnaire adopted from the HIV Stigma Scale. Predictors of PTSS and Stigma's perception among HCWs were assessed using multivariate logistic regression analysis. Results: Overall, 71.4% of the participants were women and 46.9% were front line staff. The prevalence of intrusion, avoidance, and hyper vigilance symptoms was 44.2% (95% CI: 40.8-47.6), 31. 8% (95% CI: 28.8-35.0), and 37.7% (95% CI: 34.5-41.0), respectively. A strong and positive significant correlation was found between stigma score with PTSD total score (coefficient: 0.83) and its components. In multivariate logistic regression model, female gender was associated with intrusion (OR: 1.46, 95% CI: 1.03-2.06) and avoidance (OR: 1.66, 95% CI: 1.147-2.417) and working in frontline increased the odds of intrusion (OR: 1.45, 95% CI: 1.06-1.97) and hyper vigilance (OR: 1.41, 95% CI: 1.03-1.91). Conclusion: The prevalence of PTSS is high among HCWs during COVID-19 pandemic and it is associated with some demographic characteristics of HCWs. This situation should be considered by health policymakers so that while trying to control the disease, the mental health status of this group of personnel should be given much attention.

scholarly journals A cross-sectional study on mental health among health care workers during the outbreak of Corona Virus Disease 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 102111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenpeng Cai ◽  
Bin Lian ◽  
Xiangrui Song ◽  
Tianya Hou ◽  
Guanghui Deng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Care Workers

scholarly journals Immunity status of Health Care Workers post recovery from COVID-19: An online longitudinal panel survey

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
S B Shah ◽  
R Chawla ◽  
A Pahade ◽  
N Bansal ◽  
A Mehta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Natural Infection ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Plasma Therapy ◽  
Priority List ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal

AbstractBackgroundCorona virus has literally travelled “around the world in 80 days” akin to Fogg and Passepartoute of Jules Verne fame. Manning of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) wards and ICUs, also surgery on COVID-positive patients is increasingly being relegated to that subset of health care workers (HCW) who themselves have resumed duties after surviving COVID-19 infection. Convalescent plasma therapy has been widely endorsed. Several vaccines are in the pipeline as potential preventive measures against the virus keeping HCW on the priority-list of recipients. Immunity passports are being validated for foreign travel. These events share a common presumption that exposure to COVID-19 virus (natural infection/inoculation) produces protective adaptive immunity. It is unknown whether all (COVID-19) infected patients mount a protective immune response and for how long any protective effect will last.MethodsThis single institutional prospective longitudinal panel survey questions were deployed to the respondents online via email/WhatsApp groups to ascertain the symptomology and immunity status of HCW in the months following COVID-19 infection. The survey was administered to the same set/cohort of health care workers over 6 months.Results165 responses from 151 respondents (70 at 1-2months; 95 at 3-4 months including 14 at both time points) were analysed. 7.14% of infected HCW failed to develop IgG antibodies at 4-6 weeks. 91.7% HCW with IgG titres in the highest bracket had experienced anosmia. Mean antibody titres were 12.08 ± 9.56 and 9.72 ± 9.34 at 1-2 months and 3-4 months post-development of first symptom, respectively.ConclusionUnderstanding of COVID-19 patterns of variation in HCW may guide their deployment in the COVID ward and COVID-OTs. Revelation of this enigma (by quantification of serial IgG antibody levels) is critical for predicting response to vaccines under trial, fostering effective stratagems and tactics for pandemic control, ascertaining validity of immunity passports and understanding longevity/durability of protection by forecasting immunological memory against SARS-CoV-2.

scholarly journals Stress, Anxiety, Depression and Their Associated Factors among Health Care Workers During COVID -19 Pandemic in Nepal  

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 655-660
Author(s):  
Apsara Pandey ◽  
Chandrakala Sharma ◽  
Ram Hari Chapagain ◽  
Narmada Devkota ◽  
Kamal Ranabhat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Anxiety Depression

Background: Frontline Health Care Workers are at risk of developing mental and psychological distress during Corona virus disease 2019 pandemic. This study aimed to assess level of stress, anxiety, depression and their associated factors among health care workers during Corona virus disease 2019 pandemic in Nepal.Methods: This is a web based cross-sectional survey conducted among 404 Health Care Workers during early phase of Corona virus disease 2019 pandemic. The participants were selected using convenience sampling technique and were invited to participate via various online networks. Depression, anxiety and stress were assessed using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) and their associated factors were measured using structured questionnaires. Multivariable logistic regression was carried out to determine the associated factors.Results: The symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression among health care workers were found to be 28.9%, 35.6% and 17.0% respectively. Females were found to be 2 fold more likely to have anxiety and depression than male. Nurses were found to be two times more likely to have anxiety than doctors. Laboratory personnel were almost three folds more likely to have anxiety than doctors. Health care workers with insufficient/ no PPE were almost three fold more likely to have depression. health care workers working in high-risk areas had almost 2 fold higher odds of having depression.Conclusions: Health care workers experienced symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression in varied level of severity. This experience was higher among the nurses and laboratory workers than doctors. Pandemic preparedness assuring PPE and appropriate psychological interventions may be beneficial to promote mental health and well-being of health care workers.Keywords: Anxiety; associated factors; depression; health workers; stress

scholarly journals Socio-Cultural and Economic Impact of Corona Virus on Cancer Patients, Caregivers and Survivors

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (S1) ◽  
pp. 171-173
Author(s):  
Wasimul Hoda ◽  
Sachidanand Jee Bharati ◽  
Abhinav Kumar ◽  
Priyanka Choudhary ◽  
Abhishek Shankar
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Healthcare Resources ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
To Come

Corona Virus Disease -19 (COVID-19) pandemic has a widespread impact on social, cultural and economic aspects of life. It has affected cancer patients in a big way because with onset of COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare resources were diverted to handle Corona virus infection. The cancer patient, their caregivers and healthcare professional are in dilemma of whether to continue the treatment or stop it for some time till COVID-19 infection settled down. The long-lasting effect of COVID-19 pandemic on socio-economic and mental health of cancer patients and health care workers will emerge in times to come. It is important that a tight balance be made between cancer treatment and its interruption due to COVID-19.

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