Mental Health Outcomes Amongst Health Care Workers During Covid 19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia

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ID15524329
AuthorsMaha Al Ammari (King Abdulaziz Medical City), Khizra Sultana (0000-0003-1828-0357, National Guard Health Affairs, corresponding author), Abin Thomas (0000-0002-8283-6762, Cardiff University), Lolowa Al Swaidan (National Guard Health Affairs), Nouf Al Harthi (King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences)
Year2021
Volume11
Pages619540-619540
Publication date2021-01-14
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2020.619540
PMID33519559
OpenAlexW3118728075
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited47

Objectives: The study aimed to assess the mental health outcomes and associated factors among health care workers during COVID 19 in Saudi Arabia. Design, Setting, and Participants: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of health care workers from tertiary care and ministry of health Centers across the Central, Eastern, and Western regions of Saudi Arabia. There were 1,130 participants in the survey, and we collected demographic and mental health measurements from the participants. Primary Outcomes and Measures: The magnitude of symptoms of depression, anxiety, and insomnia was measured using the original version of 9-item patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9), the 7-item generalized anxiety disorder scale (GAD-7), and 7-item insomnia severity index (ISI). We use the multiple logistic regression analysis to identify the associated risk factors of individual outcomes. Results: The scores on the PHQ-9 showed that the largest proportion of health care workers (76.93%) experienced only normal to mild depression (50.83 and 26.1%, respectively). The scores on the GAD-7 showed that the largest proportion of health care workers (78.88%) experienced minimal to mild anxiety (50.41 and 28.47%, respectively). The scores on the ISI showed that the largest proportion of health care workers (85.83%) experienced absence to subthreshold insomnia (57.08 and 28.75%, respectively). The risk factors for depression in health care workers were Saudi, living with family, working from an isolated room at home and frontline worker. For anxiety, being female was risk factor and for insomnia, being frontline worker was risk factor. Conclusion: It was observed that the symptoms of depression, anxiety, and insomnia were reported in a lower proportion of health care workers in our study. The participants who were female, frontline workers, Saudi, living with family, and working from home in isolated rooms were predisposed to developing psychological disorders

Anxiety · Cross-sectional study · Depression (economics · Depressive symptoms · Family medicine · Health care · Insomnia · Logistic regression · Mental health · Patient Health Questionnaire · Psychiatry · Public health · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Nursing

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