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Effect of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Mental Health among Health Care Workers and Others

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Background: A pandemic of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)may endanger the mental well-being of health care workers.  Objective: This is to stipulate some mental issues faced by health care workers at the time of COV-SARS. Patients and Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted upon 5745 participants from the Qalyubiya Governorate (7 centers). Online self-administered questionnaire (Fear of Coronavirus-19 Scale (7 Qs scale) and The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) (14 items of two subscales: anxiety and depression)) was utilized. Propensity score matching was performed to minimize bias between health care workers (1740) and non-healthcare workers. Results: After performing propensity score matching, 1740 participants were included for comparison between health care workers and non-healthcare workers. Health care workers expressed more fear, anxiety, and depression scores. Increasing hours of watching media is a predictor of fear, anxiety, and depression among health care workers ((95%CI: 0.555-1.4, p < .001), (0.77-1.22, p < .001) and (0.45-0.85, p < .001) respectively) and ((1.44-2.2, p < .001), (0.94-1.49, p < .001) respectively) among non-healthcare workers. Conclusions: HCW showed mental disorders scores more than non-healthcare workers. Among health care workers, females, the age group from 26 to 30 years, and more than 4h of watching media about COVID-19 had significantly higher mental scores. Non-married health care workers showed a higher fear score. Among non-healthcare workers, married and low educated levels expressed lower scores.  

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10.21608/ejhm.2021.197373

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COVID-19, Mental health-Propensity score matching, pandemic

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Marwa

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Abd El-Raouf

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salah

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public health and community medicine,faculty of medicine.Benha university

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marwad24@yahoo.com

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Mona Ahmed

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Elawady

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85

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1

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27163

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2021-10-01

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2021-10-02

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2021-10-01

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Mental Health among Health Care Workers and Others

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22 Jan 2023