Anxiety and depression in frontline health care workers during the outbreak of Covid-19

Bibliographic Data

ID19271663
AuthorsLi-qun Xing (Nursing Department, Jinan Infectious Disease Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China), Min-ling Xu (Nursing Department, Jinan Infectious Disease Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China), Jia Sun (0000-0001-7205-9579, Nursing Department, Jinan Infectious Disease Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China), Qin-Xia Wang (Nursing Department, Jinan Infectious Disease Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China), Dan-dan Ge (Nursing Department, Jinan Infectious Disease Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China), Ming-ming Jiang (Division of Liver Diseases, Jinan Infectious Disease Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China), Wenjun Du (0000-0002-2389-0435, Division of Liver Diseases, Jinan Infectious Disease Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China), Qiang Li (0000-0003-2737-0768, Division of Liver Diseases, Jinan Infectious Disease Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume67
Issue6
Pages656-663
Publication date2021-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Social Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7640 • E-ISSN: 1741-2854
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0020764020968119
PMID33100114
OpenAlexW3093722358
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited14

BACKGROUND: The pandemic of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) seriously impacts the health and well-being of all of us. AIMS: We aim to assess the psychological impact of Covid-19 on frontline health care workers (HCWs), including anxiety, depression and stress of threat of the disease. METHOD: The study was a cross-sectional survey among the frontline HCWs in a hospital at Jinan, China. Data were collected through an anonymous, self-rated questionnaire, including basic demographic data, a 10-item Covid-19 stress questionnaire, the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and the Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS). The risk and rate of anxiety, depression and stress of Covid-19 were estimated. RESULTS: Among the 309 participants, there were 88 (28.5%) with anxiety and 172 (56.0%) with depression. Multivariate logistic regression analyses showed that age ⩽ 30 years, age > 30 to 45 years, working in confirmed case isolation wards, and worrying about disinfection measures being not sufficient were independently associated with anxiety with an odds ratio (95% confidence interval, CI) of 4.4 (1.6-12.2), 3.1 (1.1-8.8), 2.3 (1.4-4.0) and 2.5 (1.5-4.3), respectively; age ⩽ 30 years, age > 30 to 45 years, nurse and worrying about disinfection measure being not sufficient were independently associated with depression with an odds ratio (95% CI) of 3.8 (1.8-7.8), 2.7 (1.3-5.7), 2.5 (1.1-5.6) and 2.1 (1.3-3.5), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: A high prevalence of anxiety and depression was found among frontline HCWs during the COVID-19 outbreak. More psychological care should be given to young staffs and nurses. Measures to prevent professional exposure is important for HCWs' physical and mental health

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Anxiety · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Depression (economics) · Disease · Health care · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · Mental health · Outbreak · Pandemic · Political science · Psychiatry · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Infection Control and Ventilation · Medicine · Psychology · Virology