Anxiety and depression levels of healthcare workers during Covid-19 pandemic

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Turan O., Yılmaz Demirci N., Ak G., Akcay S., Akturk U. A., Bilaceroglu S., ...Daha Fazla

AFRICAN HEALTH SCIENCES, cilt.22, sa.1, ss.532-540, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 22 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4314/ahs.v22i1.62
  • Dergi Adı: AFRICAN HEALTH SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Index Islamicus, MEDLINE, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.532-540
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Healthcare workers, anxiety, depression, covid-19, PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPACT, GENERAL-POPULATION, EPIDEMIC
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19), which causes a pandemic in the world, has started to appear in turkey since march 2020. Healthcare workers are at the top of the groups most at risk for covid-19 infection, which can have a negative impact Methods: this cross-sectional study performed via an online survey in april 2020. Participants answered questions about sociodemographic features, personal views and experiences about covid-19 and the hospital anxiety and depression scale (hads). Results: A total of 300 healthcare workers,193 men and 107 women, participated in the survey. According to hads, 44.6% of participants scored above anxiety and 68.2% scored above depression cut-off points. Being younger than 50 and taking care of covid-19 patients in hospitals were independently associated with anxiety risk. Female gender, young age (less than 50) and having Conclusion: Healthcare workers were at high risk of anxiety and depression during covid-19 outbreak. For this reason, psycho