ArticleClinical epidemiology and global health
A cross sectional study on psychological impact of covid19 on post graduate doctors and Compulsory Rotatory Residential interns in COVID isolation ward of a tertiary care centre, Madurai.
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- Mental health concerns of interns posted in COVID-19-affected regions of Maharashtra.Industrial psychiatry journal · 2023Article
- Prevalence of Depression Among Undergraduate Medical Students in India: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cureus · 2023Review
- Mental Health of Emergency Department Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 in Brooklyn, New York.Medical research archives · 2022Article
- A Comprehensive Review of the Technological Solutions to Analyse the Effects of Pandemic Outbreak on Human Lives.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundCOVID-19 pandemic causes major impact on economic, physical, mental well-being of people all over the world. Doctors are working in stressful, unprepared, limited resource setting, and they are under the continuous threat of getting infection. Managing mental health of these warriors is great importance. Hence the present study to estimate the psychological impact of COVID-19* and factors associated with it among doctors in tertiary care hospital, Madurai.
methodsA Cross-sectional study was conducted during October-November 2020 using a pre-designed semi structured questionnaire and DASS-21 scale which were sent through Google form to doctors who were in their quarantine period after the COVID duty. Totally 292 responses were received. Descriptive statistics done to find frequencies and percentages. Correlation for continuous variables; Univariate and multivariate regression for categorical variables were used to predict the factors influencing the psychological impact.
resultsIn our study, 42.1% doctors were depressed, 43.8% were stressed and 50.7% had anxiety. Depression*, anxiety*, stress* scores were positively correlated with number of COVID duties(r
conclusionHigh prevalence of psychological impact estimated, ensures the requirement of early screening with timely psychological intervention and establishment of guideline policies to support mental health of healthcare workers* for maintaining the functionality of healthcare system.
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