Implication of COVID-19 on the mental health of Egyptian dermatologists: A cross-sectional study.
J Cosmet Dermatol
; 20(10): 3066-3073, 2021 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1367344
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Major epidemic outbreaks create an increased demand for healthcare workers (HCWs) and pose increased health risk and psychological distress to them as well.AIM:
The aim of this cross sectional study was to find out the prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress among Egyptian dermatologists and their possible predictor factors. PATIENTS/METHODS:
A cross sectional study was designed and data were collected using structured self-administered online depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS-21).RESULTS:
The depression scale of DASS was 18.98 ± 9.56 among which 38% of dermatologists had either severe or extremely severe depression and 34.2% complained of moderate depression. Meanwhile, the anxiety scale was 12.92 ± 7.75 and 35.4 % of surveyed dermatologists had either severe or extremely severe anxiety. Thirty three percent of dermatologists were normal on stress score. Female dermatologists possessed more significant depression and stress than males (19.70 ± 9.71 vs. 16.62 ± 8.68, p = 0.003; 21.42 ± 9.53 vs. 17.40 ± 8.49, p <0.001 respectively). On the contrary, male dermatologists expressed more anxiety than female dermatologists however this was not statistically significant (13.26 ± 7.99 vs. 12.82 ± 7.69, p = 0.625).CONCLUSION:
To our knowledge, this is the first study to explore the differential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Egyptian dermatologists. Mental health care and support are of extreme importance to physicians mid this pandemic.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pandemics
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
J Cosmet Dermatol
Journal subject:
Dermatology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jocd.14390
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