A survey on mental health of medical staff fighting COVID-19 in Wuhan

ABSTRACT

Objectives: To assess the mental health status of medical staff that fight against the maim irus diseases 2019 (COV1D- 19) in Wuhan. and provide data support for medical staff psychological intervention and protection. Methods The meritul health status of 224 medical staff in the prevention and control of GOVID-19 and 127 controls was investigated by combining scale filling and online survey methods. Results The anxiety store of medical shill in Wuhan survey group 18.6 t 5.9 / was significantly higher than that of ordinary medical staff in Xi' an f 16.0 +or-4.6 . and the difference was statistically significant (P< 0.01). 29.991 of the medical staff that fight against COVID -19 in Wuhan had a high score of anxiety. The degree of anxiety of military medical staff was significantly lower than that of non-military medical staff t 11/4 0.001. Those who had participated in the fight against SARS. disaster rescue or exercises had significantly loner anxiety than those without any experience (P<0.001). However, there was no significant difference in anxiety between medical staff who participated in the exercise and those who participated in the fight against SARS and disaster rescue (P=036). Conclusions The front-line medical staff who fight against COV1D- 19 show a high level of anxiety. Participation in the exercise can significantly reduce the anxiety of medical staff fighting against the epidemic.