Assessment of the Level of Depression among Group D Workers during COVID-19 Outbreak in Selected Hospitals: A Descriptive Study

ABSTRACT

Objectives: To assess the level of depression among group D workers during COVID-19 outbreak from selected hospitals. 2) To find out the association between the level of depression among Group D workers during COVID-19 outbreak with selected demographic variables. Methodology: The study was undertaken using a non-experimental descriptive research design. It was conducted over 100 Group D workers by using non probability convenient sampling technique. Result(s) Assessment was done by using Rating Scale to assess Level of Depression. Analysis showed that 11% of group D workers had no depression, 39% of them had mild depression, 43% of them had moderate depression and 7% of group D workers had severe depression. Mean depression score was 41.78+/-11.88 and mean percentage of depression score was 55.70+/-15.84. The item wise distribution was of each item and divides into never, sometimes, always. Conclusion(s) Analysis reveals that in overall association there is association of level of depression with age, family income, working hours and job title among group D workers and none of the other demographic variables were associated with the level of depression score. Copyright © 2022, Anka Publishers. All rights reserved.