Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan; Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.
J Affect Disord. 2021 Jan 1;278:365-371. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.09.080. Epub 2020 Sep 24.
As the Novel Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) was declared by the world health organization a pandemic in March 2020, thousands of healthcare workers (HCWs) worldwide were on the frontlines fighting against the pandemic. Herein, we selected two Middle East countries; Egypt and Saudi Arabia to investigate the psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on their HCWs.
In this cross-sectional study, a Google survey was used to access HCWs in many hospitals in Egypt and Saudi Arabia between the 14th and 24th of April 2020. The survey assessed HCWs regarding their sociodemographic and occupational features, sleeping hours, and psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21).
This study included 426 HCWs (48.4% physicians, 24.2% nurses, and 27.4% other HCWs). Of them, 69% had depression, 58.9% had anxiety, 55.9% had stress, and 37.3% had inadequate sleeping (<6 h/day). Female sex, age ≤30 years, working in Egypt, attending emergency and night shifts, watching/reading COVID-19 news ≥2 h/day, and not getting emotional support from family, society, and hospital were associated with a high likelihood of depression, anxiety, stress, and inadequate sleeping.
the cross-sectional design restricted our ability to distinguish between preexisting and emerging psychological symptoms.
HCWs on the frontlines in Egypt and Saudi Arabia experienced depression, anxiety, stress, and inadequate sleeping during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 年 3 月，世界卫生组织宣布新型冠状病毒病（COVID-19）为大流行，全球数千名医护人员（HCWs）奋战在抗击大流行的前线。在此，我们选择了两个中东国家；埃及和沙特阿拉伯，调查 COVID-19 大流行对其 HCWs 的心理影响。
在这项横断面研究中，我们在 2020 年 4 月 14 日至 24 日期间使用谷歌调查访问了埃及和沙特阿拉伯许多医院的 HCWs。该调查使用抑郁焦虑压力量表 21 版（DASS-21）评估了 HCWs 的社会人口统计学和职业特征、睡眠时间以及 COVID-19 大流行的心理影响。
本研究共纳入 426 名 HCWs（48.4%为医生，24.2%为护士，27.4%为其他 HCWs）。其中，69%的人患有抑郁症，58.9%的人患有焦虑症，55.9%的人患有压力症，37.3%的人睡眠不足（<6 小时/天）。女性、年龄≤30 岁、在埃及工作、上夜班和急诊班、每天观看/阅读 COVID-19 新闻≥2 小时、没有得到家人、社会和医院的情感支持，与抑郁、焦虑、压力和睡眠不足的高可能性相关。
横断面设计限制了我们区分现有和新出现的心理症状的能力。
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，埃及和沙特阿拉伯前线的 HCWs 经历了抑郁、焦虑、压力和睡眠不足。
