{"title":"Assessment of anxiety and depression among professional healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic – observational cross-sectional study","authors":"Mohammed Mahmood Mohammed, Hayder Adnan Fawzi","doi":"10.3897/pharmacia.71.e115198","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Aim: Evaluate the prevalence of depression among professional healthcare workers (PHCW) during the COVID-19 pandemic.\n Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted during the fourth wave of COVID-19 infection in Iraq. A semi-structured questionnaire in English was used to obtain information about the study variables.\n Results: The study included 314 participants, with a mean age of 34.3 years, slightly higher male to female sex (55.1 to 44.9%), doctors represent (26.1%), pharmacist represent (26.4%) while 36.9% includes other PHCW (nurse, laboratory technician, doctor assistance, and paramedics). There was a high prevalence of depression in the current study (98.4%). There was no significant association between total HADS with sex, specialty, and duration of working in COVID-19 isolation wards. Meanwhile, age above 50 years appears to be associated with higher HADS scores compared to younger PHCW.\n Conclusion: Healthcare practitioners faced a heightened susceptibility to experiencing depression throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.","PeriodicalId":508564,"journal":{"name":"Pharmacia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pharmacia","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3897/pharmacia.71.e115198","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Aim: Evaluate the prevalence of depression among professional healthcare workers (PHCW) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted during the fourth wave of COVID-19 infection in Iraq. A semi-structured questionnaire in English was used to obtain information about the study variables.
Results: The study included 314 participants, with a mean age of 34.3 years, slightly higher male to female sex (55.1 to 44.9%), doctors represent (26.1%), pharmacist represent (26.4%) while 36.9% includes other PHCW (nurse, laboratory technician, doctor assistance, and paramedics). There was a high prevalence of depression in the current study (98.4%). There was no significant association between total HADS with sex, specialty, and duration of working in COVID-19 isolation wards. Meanwhile, age above 50 years appears to be associated with higher HADS scores compared to younger PHCW.
Conclusion: Healthcare practitioners faced a heightened susceptibility to experiencing depression throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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