The mental health of health care workers in Oman during the Covid-19 pandemic

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19272284
AutoresAbdallah M Badahdah (0000-0001-6230-7700, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA, autor de correspondencia), Faryal Khamis (0000-0002-5107-921X, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman), Nawal Al Mahyijari (Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman), Marwa Al Balushi (Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman), Hashil Al Hatmi (Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman), Issa Al Salmi (0000-0002-3443-5972, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman), Zakariya Albulushi (Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman), Jaleela Al Noomani (Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman)
Año2021
Volumen67
Número1
Páginas90-95
Fecha de publicación2021-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Social Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7640 • E-ISSN: 1741-2854
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0020764020939596
PMID32635837
OpenAlexW3040775624
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas23
Referencias citadas28

BACKGROUND: COVID-19 disease is one of the most destructive events that humanity has witnessed in the 21st century. It has impacted all aspects of life and all segments of populations, including already vulnerable health care providers. AIMS: This study sought to detect the prevalence of mental health issues in sample of physicians and nurses working in several health facilities in Oman. METHOD: We gauged the mental health conditions of 509 physicians (38.1%) and nurses (61.9 %) using the Perceived Stress Scale, Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale and World Health Organization Well-Being Index. RESULTS: The study revealed a high prevalence of stress, anxiety and poor psychological well-being, especially among females, young health care workers and those who interacted with known or suspected COVID-19 patients. CONCLUSION: The outcomes of this study support the handful of studies published during this global health crisis that have found that the mental health of health care workers has been harshly affected and predicted that it will continue, to various degrees, to be affected in the foreseeable future. The results of this study highlight the urgency of providing administrative and psychological support as well as current and accurate information on COVID-19 to health care workers

Anxiety · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Disease · Family medicine · Health care · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · Mental health · Pandemic · Political science · Psychiatry · Scale (ratio) · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Diverse Scientific Research Studies · Medicine · Nursing · Organizational and Employee Performance · Psychology · Gerontology