scholarly journals Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health Status of Health Care Workers (HCW) in Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-72
Author(s):  
Uzzam Ahmed Khawaja
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Care Workers

scholarly journals Correction to: Mental health status among family members of health care workers in Ningbo, China, during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak: a cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuchen Ying ◽  
Liemin Ruan ◽  
Fanqian Kong ◽  
Binbin Zhu ◽  
Yunxin Ji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Workers

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

scholarly journals The Health Outcome Assessment of Healthcare Workers Engaged in SARS-CoV2 Pandemic Services: A Survey-Based Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 724-728
Author(s):  
Suraiya Khanam Ansari ◽  
Prashant Tripathi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
World Health ◽  
Care Workers

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic adversely hit India and its economy recently and is associated with the increasing uncertainty among the mental health status of health care workers. When the World Health Organization focus has mostly on testing and finding a vaccine, healthcare workers are passing with a myriad of mental health problems. The present study decided to conduct an online survey for assessing health status. Aims and Objective: To assess the health of healthcare workers engaged in SARS-CoV-2 duties. Methods: From 4th July 2020 to 4th October 2020 an online Google Form, a survey was conducted among healthcare workers. The survey collected data on socio-demographic and health variables especially during COVID-19 duties in the form of questionnaires. Results: There were a total of 196 responses from different provinces of India collected. The mean age of the respondents was around 41 years with 62.3% males and 37.7% females. The study showed that most HCWs showed a change in the sleeping habit. Conclusions: The present study concluded that there is a need for holistic interventions among health care workers and more systematic and longitudinal evaluations of mental health status further needed. Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; Health; Health care workers; COVID-19; Mental Health; Stress.

scholarly journals Mental health status of health care workers during the COVID ‐19 outbreak in Poland: One region, two different settings

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek C. Szepietowski ◽  
Piotr Krajewski ◽  
Rafał Biłynicki‐Birula ◽  
Paweł Poznański ◽  
Magdalena Krajewska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Care Workers

scholarly journals Not all wounds are visible- COVID -19 and mental health

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 98-101
Author(s):  
Swati Pathak ◽  
Shivalingesh K K ◽  
Henna Mir ◽  
Adeeba Saleem ◽  
Divya Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Care Workers

  This article reviews the effect on mental health during noble covid-19.This article also reviews the mental health during infection outbreak, Psychological impact of quarantine, During the covid-19 pandemic, mental health issues faced by health care workers.

scholarly journals Magnitude and determinants of the psychological impact of COVID-19 among health care workers: A systematic review

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 205031212110125
Author(s):  
Firomsa Bekele ◽  
Mohammedamin Hajure
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Psychological Comorbidity ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Psychological Impacts

Introduction: The mental health of the health care professionals is more likely to be affected by the coronavirus disease-19 compared to the general population. Accordingly, the current study aimed to summarize the magnitudes and determinants of the psychological impact of coronavirus among health care professionals. Methods: The studies from Medline via PubMed, Science Direct, and Google Scholar were searched from 5 September to 19 October 2020. The review was conducted as per PRISMA-2009 (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses). Result: Initially, 6316 articles were searched from three databases (PubMed, Science Direct, and Google Scholar). Finally, 20 articles were filtered to be included in our review. Among different types of psychological impact, stress was reported that lies within the range from 5.2% to 100%, anxiety was reported from 11.1% to 100%, depression was from 10.6% to 58%, and insomnia was from 28.75% to 34%. Several factors were related to the negative psychological state of health care workers due to coronavirus disease-19 like educational level, occupation, gender, age, working environment, work experience, legal status, ethnicity, psychological comorbidity, social support, personal/family exposure, and feeling of health care providers. Conclusion: The most common psychological impacts among health care workers were anxiety and stress. Besides different sociodemographic factors that determine the psychological impacts, front-line health care workers and participants having psychological comorbidity have a high risk of negative psychological state impacts as compared to their counterparts. Therefore, special attention should tend to health care workers directly involved in the prevention and management of coronavirus disease-19 and having a different risk of mental health condition.

scholarly journals COVID 19 and Psychological Impact across Lifespan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjay Kumar Nadigapu Dayanand
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Vaccine Development ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Good Mental Health ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
The Individual

COVID-19 the present pandemic like all pandemics puts a strain on both the individual and the community. Human beings are social animals; they need interactions with other human beings in order to maintain good mental health, the present pandemic put a restriction on interactions between people in the form of social distancing, wearing of masks, use of sanitizers and soap and water, which are essential to control the spread of the corona virus but the flip side, it has reduced the family gatherings, going out for restaurants, factors to a great extent that will have impact on psychological health. Health infrastructure and health services across the globe are under enormous pressure and face unprecedented challenges. Medical professionals, health care workers, scientists and other front line workers are on the forefront on one hand they are providing health care to the Covid 19 affected patients and the other hand, building systemic responses both by dissemination of adequate public health approaches, and in parallel, genetic mapping, drug and vaccine development. Every day millions are being infected and thousands have died. This pandemic has put all aspects of normal life on hold. In this scenario mental health care takes a back seat to life or death decisions made by the exhausted health care workers.1

scholarly journals Prevalence and predictors of the early psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with SARS and MERS: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Vos
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
General Population ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
The Impact

Objective: This meta-analysis examines the psychological impact of COVID-19, SARS and MERS pandemics on health-care workers, patients and the general population, in line with PRISMA, MOOSE, MARS and CASP guidelines. Methods: Searches were conducted on 28-29 March 2020 in Pubmed, Medline, PsycInfo, APA articles, Web-of-Knowledge and scholar.google.com. Hedges’ g was calculated with random-effects models. Results: The final selection included 75 publications from 15,984 papers. Twenty-six studies described the impact of COVID-19 in 104,361 participants, showing that 59% (95%CI: 37%-85%) of health-care workers experienced acute/post-traumatic stress, and 37% (95%CI: 30%-54%) experienced depression, general distress, insomnia and/or anxiety. Of all COVID-19 patients, 32% (95% CI: 22%-42%) experienced acute/post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, insomnia and/or distress. In the general population, 25% (95%CI: 15%-35%) experienced any of these psychological symptoms. COVID-19 had a larger impact than SARS/MERS in 28,499 participants in 44 studies. During SARS/MERS pandemics, 33% (95%CI: 25%-41%) of health-care workers, 31% (95%CI: 18%-45%) of SARS/MERS-patients and 15% (95%CI: 7%-23%) of the general population experienced any of these psychological symptoms. The psychological impact was predicted (R<.20-.40>) by the individual’s physical health, restrictions to leisure and social activities, and quarantine. Frontline health-care workers experienced a larger psychological impact than the general population, particularly if they worked with infected patients and reported unfavourable work circumstances. Conclusions: This study can be used to predict the prevalence of mental health problems during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, and to predict which individuals are most at risk of developing mental health problems. Health care workers and vulnerable individuals should be psychologically screened and offered mental health-care. Quarantine should be as short as possible, to prevent mental health problems. Public health significance statementThis meta-analysis indicates that between one-third of the general population and half of all health care workers experience a moderate to severe mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This impact is larger than during SARS and MERS pandemics. The psychological impact on health care workers is mainly predicted by their work circumstances, and the impact on the general population by their pre-existing physical and mental well-being and the psychological effects of quarantine.

scholarly journals Protecting the mental health of healthcare workers in Pakistan using telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. e198
Author(s):  
Rida E fatima
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Telemental Health ◽  
Health Burden ◽  
Care Workers

The role of telehealth and its effect on reducing mental health burden from COVID-19 is of pressing concern. It is pertinent that the psychological impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic must be recognized within the group of health care workers. Telemental health services are area that require imminent intervention for the support of health care workers in Pakistan, as they are applicable and practically feasible.

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