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Prevalence of depression and anxiety among healthcare providers during the COVID-19 era in Egypt – a cross-sectional study

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Infectious diseases

Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic exposed healthcare providers to a psychological burden, especially those on the front lines. Objective: This study aimed to high light the risk factors contributed to psychological pain among healthcare providers (HCP) during the COVID -19 pandemic in Egypt. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 430 pediatric HCP (from March 2021 to January 2022) who responded to an online survey that included general questions (sociodemographic information, the professional role, and possible changes in job duties), and validated psychometric tools: General Health Questionnaire-12 Items (GHQ-12), the Beck Anxiety Inventory, and the Beck Depression Inventory-II. Results: The prevalence of anxiety and depression among pediatricians was 28% and 23.7% respectively, among nurses was 53.4% and 52.6% respectively and among other included HCP it was 18.6% and 23.7% respectively. This study showed a high prevalence of anxiety and depression among HCP during the COVID-19 pandemic. Females and nurses were the most vulnerable. Reduction of the monthly income and insufficiency of personal protective equipments were of the highest risk factors creating psychological burden. Conclusion: regular psychological risk assessments of healthcare staff should be conducted, particularly during crisis situations.

DOI

10.21608/mid.2024.290741.1957

Keywords

anxiety, depression, healthcare providers, COVID-19

Authors

First Name

Nehal

Last Name

El Koofy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Pediatrics department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

nehalmelkoofy@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Mona

Last Name

El Attar

MiddleName

Mohsen

Affiliation

Pediatrics department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

monamohsenm@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Marwa

Last Name

Zein

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Public Health and Community Medicine department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.

Email

marwa.zein@kasralainy.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Reham

Last Name

Kamel

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Psychiatry department, Faculty of medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

Email

rkamel2013@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Yasmin

Last Name

Ramadan

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Pediatrics department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

yasminramadan@kasralainy.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Hesham

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Abdelkarim

Affiliation

Pediatrics department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

heshdr20@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Hanan

Last Name

Osman

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Pediatrics department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

hananmohsen@staff.cu.edu.com

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

5

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

51278

Issue Date

2024-11-01

Receive Date

2024-05-18

Publish Date

2024-11-01

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1,264

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1,272

Print ISSN

2682-4132

Online ISSN

2682-4140

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1,157

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Publication Title

Microbes and Infectious Diseases

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https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/

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Prevalence of depression and anxiety among healthcare providers during the COVID-19 era in Egypt – a cross-sectional study

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Created At

25 Dec 2024