Psychological Symptoms Among Healthcare Workers Handling COVID-19 Patients.

Introduction: Healthcare workers serve as the frontliners against the coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) and this puts them most at risk of infection as they attend to numerous patients with unknown status. This study aimed to examine stress, anxiety, and depression among healthcare workers ca...

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Main Authors: Sim, Sze Kiat, Lau, Bik Liang, Siti Rosnaini Zaila, Ramli, Nur Hazira, Abdul Muti, Nur Muzfirah Aniqah, Abdul Rahman, Jevitha Panicker, Balachandran, Alya Syafiqah, Hamzah
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spelling my.unimas.ir.348862021-05-27T10:15:32Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34886/ Psychological Symptoms Among Healthcare Workers Handling COVID-19 Patients. Sim, Sze Kiat Lau, Bik Liang Siti Rosnaini Zaila, Ramli Nur Hazira, Abdul Muti Nur Muzfirah Aniqah, Abdul Rahman Jevitha Panicker, Balachandran Alya Syafiqah, Hamzah RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Introduction: Healthcare workers serve as the frontliners against the coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) and this puts them most at risk of infection as they attend to numerous patients with unknown status. This study aimed to examine stress, anxiety, and depression among healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients in Sarawak General Hospital (SGH), Malaysia. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional observational study conducted in SGH during the pandemic with an online self-administered questionnaire composed of two parts, the socio-demographic characteristics, and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS). Results: A total of 105 healthcare workers responded to this study. A questionnaire in both Bahasa Melayu and English was used. The findings showed that all healthcare workers had mild anxiety, with the majority experiencing mild stress (57.1%), and almost half of the respondents experiencing mild depression (41%). Female subjects had a significant higher mean score in anxiety level and stress level compared to male subjects (10.0±3.20 vs. 8.6±2.93, p<0.05; 14.1±4.76 vs. 10.7±3.70, p<0.05, respectively). Staff who were transferred from other units to handle COVID-19 cases experienced more psychological symptoms. There were significant correlations between the depression, anxiety and stress levels among the healthcare workers and the number of children they had (r=0.739, p=0.001; r=0.642, p=0.001; r=1, p =0.001 respectively). However, the stress level among the healthcare workers was reversely correlated with their years of working experience (r=-0.199, p=0.042). Conclusion: This study identified some socio-demographic factors associated with increased levels of stress, anxiety and depression among the healthcare workers during pandemic, which may lay ground for future interventions. Malaysian Medical Association 2021-03 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34886/1/Psychological.pdf Sim, Sze Kiat and Lau, Bik Liang and Siti Rosnaini Zaila, Ramli and Nur Hazira, Abdul Muti and Nur Muzfirah Aniqah, Abdul Rahman and Jevitha Panicker, Balachandran and Alya Syafiqah, Hamzah (2021) Psychological Symptoms Among Healthcare Workers Handling COVID-19 Patients. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 76 (2). pp. 138-144. ISSN 0300-5283 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33742619/
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topic RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
spellingShingle RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Sim, Sze Kiat
Lau, Bik Liang
Siti Rosnaini Zaila, Ramli
Nur Hazira, Abdul Muti
Nur Muzfirah Aniqah, Abdul Rahman
Jevitha Panicker, Balachandran
Alya Syafiqah, Hamzah
Psychological Symptoms Among Healthcare Workers Handling COVID-19 Patients.
description Introduction: Healthcare workers serve as the frontliners against the coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) and this puts them most at risk of infection as they attend to numerous patients with unknown status. This study aimed to examine stress, anxiety, and depression among healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients in Sarawak General Hospital (SGH), Malaysia. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional observational study conducted in SGH during the pandemic with an online self-administered questionnaire composed of two parts, the socio-demographic characteristics, and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS). Results: A total of 105 healthcare workers responded to this study. A questionnaire in both Bahasa Melayu and English was used. The findings showed that all healthcare workers had mild anxiety, with the majority experiencing mild stress (57.1%), and almost half of the respondents experiencing mild depression (41%). Female subjects had a significant higher mean score in anxiety level and stress level compared to male subjects (10.0±3.20 vs. 8.6±2.93, p<0.05; 14.1±4.76 vs. 10.7±3.70, p<0.05, respectively). Staff who were transferred from other units to handle COVID-19 cases experienced more psychological symptoms. There were significant correlations between the depression, anxiety and stress levels among the healthcare workers and the number of children they had (r=0.739, p=0.001; r=0.642, p=0.001; r=1, p =0.001 respectively). However, the stress level among the healthcare workers was reversely correlated with their years of working experience (r=-0.199, p=0.042). Conclusion: This study identified some socio-demographic factors associated with increased levels of stress, anxiety and depression among the healthcare workers during pandemic, which may lay ground for future interventions.
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author Sim, Sze Kiat
Lau, Bik Liang
Siti Rosnaini Zaila, Ramli
Nur Hazira, Abdul Muti
Nur Muzfirah Aniqah, Abdul Rahman
Jevitha Panicker, Balachandran
Alya Syafiqah, Hamzah
author_facet Sim, Sze Kiat
Lau, Bik Liang
Siti Rosnaini Zaila, Ramli
Nur Hazira, Abdul Muti
Nur Muzfirah Aniqah, Abdul Rahman
Jevitha Panicker, Balachandran
Alya Syafiqah, Hamzah
author_sort Sim, Sze Kiat
title Psychological Symptoms Among Healthcare Workers Handling COVID-19 Patients.
title_short Psychological Symptoms Among Healthcare Workers Handling COVID-19 Patients.
title_full Psychological Symptoms Among Healthcare Workers Handling COVID-19 Patients.
title_fullStr Psychological Symptoms Among Healthcare Workers Handling COVID-19 Patients.
title_full_unstemmed Psychological Symptoms Among Healthcare Workers Handling COVID-19 Patients.
title_sort psychological symptoms among healthcare workers handling covid-19 patients.
publisher Malaysian Medical Association
publishDate 2021
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34886/1/Psychological.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34886/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33742619/
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