Factors associated with depression, anxiety, stress, PTSD, and fatigue of medical staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai: a two-phase cross-sectional study.

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai, medical workers were more vulnerable to psychological problems. This two-phase cross-sectional survey was conducted by online questionnaires to investigate the symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and fatigue in healthcare workers during the outbreak of COVID-19 and after the resumption of work and production in Shanghai. The questionnaire included the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), and the Fatigue Assessment Instrument (FAI). In Phase I (n=2192), the prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress, and PTSD symptoms among medical staff was 45.48, 41.93, 20.35, and 75.55%. In Phase II (n=1031), after work resumed in Shanghai, the prevalence was 19.79, 21.44, 28.23, and 12.22%, respectively. Fatigue had a mean score of 121.23±45.776 in Phase I and 144.73±44.141 in Phase II. Binary logistic regression identified risk factors associated with this psychological status: personal and familial chronic disease history; occupation, including doctor, nurse, or administrative staff; working in the fever clinic, infectious disease department, emergency or intensive care unit, hemodialysis room, or clinical laboratory; work experience of 3-6 years or 7-10 years; and involvement in nucleic acid sampling team. Medical staff self-reported comparatively high rates of depression, anxiety, stress, and, especially, PTSD symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai. Our study indicated that after work resumption in Shanghai, it appeared that the overall mental health of medical staff improved somewhat. Nevertheless, the high level of fatigue exhibited still cannot be ignored.