ArticleJournal of the colleges of medicine of South Africa2025
Factors associated with depression and anxiety among mental healthcare practitioners.
Article in Journal of the colleges of medicine of South Africa, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Anxiety and depression constitute a significant global mental health burden. The extant literature indicates elevated rates of anxiety and depression among mental healthcare practitioners; however, this phenomenon remains understudied within this particular population. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using self-administered questionnaires. Participants voluntarily completed an anonymous socio-demographic questionnaire, the General Anxiety Disorder-7 scale and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Results: The study included 255 participants from various occupational categories within mental health. High levels of anxiety ( Conclusion: Mental health practitioners with a previous history of anxiety and depression were at a substantially higher risk of experiencing current symptoms, highlighting the need for workplace support mechanisms tailored to this vulnerable group. Contribution: This research identified a specific group of mental health practitioners at elevated risk for anxiety and depression that warrants targeted interventions through occupational assistance initiatives and preventative strategies.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.