Al Mutair Abbas, Al Mutairi Alya, Ambani Zainab, Shamsan Abbas, AlMahmoud Sana, Alhumaid Saad
Research Center, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Alhasa, Saudi Arabia.
College of Nursing, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
PeerJ. 2021 May 17;9:e11469. doi: 10.7717/peerj.11469. eCollection 2021.
The outbreak of the novel Corona Virus Infectious Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly to many countries leading to thousands of deaths globally. The burden of this pandemic has affected the physical and mental health of the frontline health care workers (HCWs) who are exposed to high risk of infection and psychological stressors.
The aim is to measure the level of depression among healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia during COVID-19 pandemic to establish interventional strategies.
A descriptive cross-sectional study was used to conduct the current study. The data of this study was recruited between 15 June and 15 July 2020 from healthcare providers who work in both public and private healthcare sectors in Riyadh and Eastern province in Saudi Arabia utilizing a self-administered questionnaire. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group (IRB Log No. RC20.06.88-2). Data were collected by using The Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale SDS. A total of 900 healthcare providers working in the healthcare setting during COVID-19 pandemic were invited to participate in the study. A total of 650 healthcare providers participated in the study by completing and submitting the survey.
Almost 30% suffered from depression which can be divided into three categories; mild depression (26.2%), moderate/major (2.5%) and severe/extreme (0.8%). The finding shows that the level of depression among respondents at the age range of 31-40 years old was significantly higher than the level of depression among respondents with the age above 50 years old. Non-Saudi healthcare workers experienced more depression than Saudi workers. It also shows how nurses suffered from depression compared to their physician colleagues. Those who did not suffer from sleeping disorder perceived more depression as compared to those who are having sleeping disorder.
It is recommended that health care facilities should implement strategies to reduce the prevalence of mental health problems among healthcare providers and eventually it will improve their performance in provision of safe and high-quality care for patients.
2019年新型冠状病毒感染疾病（COVID-19）的爆发迅速蔓延至许多国家，导致全球数千人死亡。这场大流行的负担影响了一线医护人员的身心健康，他们面临着高感染风险和心理压力源。
旨在测量沙特阿拉伯医护人员在COVID-19大流行期间的抑郁水平，以制定干预策略。
采用描述性横断面研究进行本研究。本研究的数据于2020年6月15日至7月15日期间，通过自填问卷从沙特阿拉伯利雅得和东部省份公共和私营医疗部门工作的医疗服务提供者中收集。该研究获得了苏莱曼·哈比卜医生医疗集团机构审查委员会的批准（IRB日志编号：RC20.06.88-2）。使用zung自评抑郁量表（SDS）收集数据。共邀请了900名在COVID-19大流行期间从事医疗工作的医疗服务提供者参与研究。共有650名医疗服务提供者通过完成并提交调查参与了研究。
近30%的人患有抑郁症，可分为三类：轻度抑郁症（26.2%）、中度/重度（2.5%）和重度/极重度（0.8%）。研究结果表明，年龄在31至40岁之间的受访者的抑郁水平明显高于50岁以上受访者的抑郁水平。非沙特籍医护人员比沙特籍医护人员更容易抑郁。研究还显示了护士与医生同事相比更容易患抑郁症。与有睡眠障碍的人相比，没有睡眠障碍的人更容易感到抑郁。
建议医疗机构应实施策略，以降低医护人员心理健康问题的患病率，并最终改善他们为患者提供安全和高质量护理的表现。
