Aljehani Yasser M, Othman Sharifah A, Telmesani Nosibah K, Alghamdi Raghad A, AlBuainain Hussah M, Alghamdi Zeead M, Zakaria Hazem M, Alreshaid Farouk T, Busbait Saleh A, Alqarzaie Abdullah A, Alharbi Turki M, Alnajim Ruba K
Department of Surgery, King Fahad Hospital of the University, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail.
Saudi Med J. 2020 Dec;41(12):1344-1349. doi: 10.15537/smj.2020.12.25577.
To evaluate the impact of coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic and its consequences on general surgery residents. Methods: Cross-sectional, survey based study including surgical residents in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kingdom of Bahrain.
Surgical trainees who participated in our survey (n=234) were young (mean age 28), single (53.8%), and males (65.8%). Approximately half (50.4%) have been deployed to cover the staff shortage in intensive care units (ICUs) or emergency departments (EDs). Half of our trainees (117) scored positive in the screening tool of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). There was a significant association between experiencing anxiety and male gender (p=0.055), level of training (p=0.002), deployment to cover ICUs (p=0.050), testing positive for COVID-19 (p=0.054) and having an infected family member (p=0.004).
Coronavirus-19 pandemic has a serious effect on all healthcare workers and surgical residents have experienced a considerable amount of stress. Accordingly, this psychological burden should be appropriately addressed in organizations planning strategies. We suggest formulating guidelines to help surgical trainees to continue their learning process with least psychological burden.
评估2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行及其后果对普通外科住院医师的影响。方法：采用横断面调查研究，纳入沙特阿拉伯王国和巴林王国的外科住院医师。
参与我们调查的外科实习生（n = 234）较为年轻（平均年龄28岁），单身（53.8%），男性居多（65.8%）。约一半（50.4%）的实习生被调派以弥补重症监护病房（ICU）或急诊科（ED）的人员短缺。我们的实习生中有一半（117人）在广泛性焦虑障碍（GAD）筛查工具中得分呈阳性。焦虑情绪与男性性别（p = 0.055）、培训水平（p = 0.002）、被调派至ICU工作（p = 0.050）、COVID-19检测呈阳性（p = 0.054）以及有家庭成员感染（p = 0.004）之间存在显著关联。
2019冠状病毒病大流行对所有医护人员都有严重影响，外科住院医师承受了相当大的压力。因此，在制定战略的组织中应适当应对这种心理负担。我们建议制定指导方针，以帮助外科实习生在心理负担最小的情况下继续他们的学习过程。
