Anxiety and depression levels of healthcare workers during the Covid-19 pandemic

AJOL : Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19), which causes a pandemic in the world, has started to appear in turkey since March 2020. Healthcare workers are at the top of the groups most at risk for covid-19 infection, which can have a negative impact on psychological state. Objectives: It was aimed to evaluate anxiety and depression levels among healthcare workers. Methods: this cross-sectional study performed via an online survey in april 2020. Participants answered questions about sociodemographic features, personal views and experiences about covid-19 and the hospital anxiety and depression scale (hads). Results: A total of 300 healthcare workers,193 men and 107 women, participated in the survey. According to hads, 44.6% of participants scored above anxiety and 68.2% scored above depression cut-off points. Being younger than 50 and taking care of covid-19 patients in hospitals were independently associated with anxiety risk. Female gender, young age (less than 50) and having comorbidity were independent risk factors for depression. Conclusion: Healthcare workers were at high risk of anxiety and depression during covid-19 outbreak. For this reason, psychological support should be given, especially to the group with high risk

Anxiety and depression levels of healthcare workers during Covid-19 pandemic.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19), which causes a pandemic in the world, has started to appear in turkey since march 2020. Healthcare workers are at the top of the groups most at risk for covid-19 infection, which can have a negative impact on psychological state. Objectives: It was aimed to evaluate anxiety and depression levels among healthcare workers. Methods: this cross-sectional study performed via an online survey in april 2020. Participants answered questions about sociodemographic features, personal views and experiences about covid-19 and the hospital anxiety and depression scale (hads). Results: A total of 300 healthcare workers,193 men and 107 women, participated in the survey. According to hads, 44.6% of participants scored above anxiety and 68.2% scored above depression cut-off points. Being younger than 50 and taking care of covid-19 patients in hospitals were independently associated with anxiety risk. Female gender, young age (less than 50) and having comorbidity were independent risk factors for depression. Conclusion: Healthcare workers were at high risk of anxiety and depression during covid-19 outbreak. For this reason, psychological support should be given, especially to the group with high risk.

COVID-19’UN KLÍNÍK, LABORATUVAR VE RADYOLOJÍK ÖZELLÍKLERÍ

Dünya Çin’den yayılan ve 2020 yılı sonrasına damga vuran bir salgınla karşı karşıya kalmıştır. Ağır akut solunumyolu sendromu koronavirüsü-2 (SARS-CoV-2)’nin neden olduğu ve koronavirüs hastalığı-19 (COVID-19) olarak adlandırılan bu hastalık etkisini göstermeye devam etmektedir. Hastalar asemptomatik enfeksiyondan mortaliteyle sonuçlanabilen ağır bir klinik tablo sergileyebilmektedir. Henüz üzerinde görüş birliği oluşan bir tedavisi olmayıp dünyanın birçok yerinde aşı çalışmaları hızla devam etmektedir. Enfeksiyondan korunma hastalığın yayılmasını önlemede en etkili yöntemdir.Alternate : The world was faced with a pandemic that spread from China and left its mark after 2020. This disease, caused by Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), called coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), continues to show its effect. Patients may exhibit a severe clinical picture that may result in mortality from asymptomatic infection. Common laboratory findings include a decrease in lymphocyte count, an increase in liver enzymes, lactate dehydrogenase and inflammation markers such as ferritin, C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate. In COVID-19 pneumonia, similar to other viral pneumonia, bilateral, middle-lower zones, peripherally located ground-glass opacities with consolidation are the most common findings. There is no consensus treatment yet, and vaccination studies continue in many parts of the world. Protection from infection is the most effective method to prevent the spread of the disease.