Mental health condition of physicians working frontline with COVID-19 patients in Bangladesh

BMC Psychiatry

Faysal Bin Salah¹  Farah Deeba²  Kim Haverlag³  Jaap Koot³  Sadika Akhter⁴  Dilruba Nomani⁴  Aminur Rahman⁴  Kamrun Nahar Koly⁴  Iqbal Anwar⁴  Farzana Bashar⁴ 

[1] Central Executive Council 2020-21 at Platform, Facebook, Dhaka, Bangladesh;Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Dhaka, 1000, Dhaka, Bangladesh;Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands;International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research Bangladesh (icddr,b), 68 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sarani, Mohakhali, 1205, Dhaka, Bangladesh;

关键词: Anxiety;    Depression;    Stress;    Physician;    COVID-19;    Bangladesh;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12888-021-03629-w

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe impact of the unpredictable COVID-19 pandemic had triggered new challenges for mental health. This quick survey aimed to identify the mental health status of physicians who served the people during COVID-19 in Bangladesh.MethodologyThe cross sectional survey was conducted adopting a quantitative approach and using an online questionnaire through Facebook Platform Group. Data was collected from August-October, 2020, on socio-demographic status, information on COVID-19 and questionnaires about Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21). A total of 395 participants were enrolled from all eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh.ResultOur study reported a higher prevalence of depression (55.3%), anxiety (35.2%), and stress (48.4%) among 347 participants. Female physicians were found to have more stress (OR = 2.16, 95% CI: 1.09 – 4.30) compared to the male. Physicians who were previously diagnosed as mentally ill were found to be significantly more depressed (OR = 3.45, 95% CI: 1.07 – 11.10) and stressed (OR = 4.22, 95% CI: 1.48 – 12.02) compared to them who did not. Along with that, having a chronic disease, working in non-government and COVID hospitals significantly contributed to poor mental health outcomes.ConclusionThe study findings denoted that, the mental health of physicians was deeply affected by the pandemic situation. The availability of appropriate mental health support will help foster resilience by giving them the ability and confidence to manage crisis moments like the COVID-19 pandemic.

【 授权许可】

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