Kalantarion Masomeh, Rajavi Zhale, Sabbaghi Hamideh, Kheiri Bahareh, Hasan Shahriari Mohammad, Fatahi Mozafar Farinaz
Ophthalmic Research Center, Research Institute for Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Computer Engineering, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
J Ophthalmic Vis Res. 2022 Apr 29;17(2):233-241. doi: 10.18502/jovr.v17i2.10795. eCollection 2022 Apr-Jun.
To identify the psychological impact of coronavirus disease on ophthalmologists practicing in Iran between August and December 2020.
In this cross-sectional online survey, a standard Patient Health Questionnaire- 9 (PHQ- 9) was completed by 228 ophthalmologists who were practicing in Iran. The PHQ- 9 questionnaire was revised by adding two additional questions specifically applicable for the assessment of the psychological impact of coronavirus disease on the Iranian ophthalmologists. An organized classification regarding the assessment of different depression severities identified as no (0-4), mild (5-9), moderate (10-14), or severe (15-21) was then considered for data analysis.
The mean age of our participants was 49.0 15.61 years and the majority of them (67.1%) were male. Depression was discovered in 73.68% ( = 168) with different severities ranging from mild ( = 61, 26.75%), moderate ( = 63, 27.63%), and severe ( = 44, 19.3%). It was found that participants with depression were older as compared to those without depression ( = 0.038). Higher percentages of severe depression were noticed in the high-risk regions contaminated with corona virus as compared to the other low-risk regions ( = 0.003). Based on multivariable models, we determined that ophthalmologists who were somewhat concerned about their training/ profession (OR: 0.240; 95% CI: 0.086-0.672; = 0.007) and those with no concerns about their income had lower association with depression (OR: 0.065; 95% CI: 0.005-0.91; = 0.042).
High prevalence of depression was observed among older aged Iranian ophthalmologists living in high-risk contaminated regions who possessed serious concerns with respect to their training/profession and income. It is recommended that the health policymakers of Iran pay more attention to the ophthalmologists who experience the aforementioned factors.
确定2020年8月至12月期间新型冠状病毒肺炎对伊朗眼科医生的心理影响。
在这项横断面在线调查中，228名在伊朗执业的眼科医生完成了一份标准的患者健康问卷-9（PHQ-9）。通过添加两个专门用于评估新型冠状病毒肺炎对伊朗眼科医生心理影响的额外问题，对PHQ-9问卷进行了修订。然后考虑将关于不同抑郁严重程度评估的有组织分类确定为无（0-4）、轻度（5-9）、中度（10-14）或重度（15-21）用于数据分析。
我们参与者的平均年龄为49.0±15.61岁，其中大多数（67.1%）为男性。发现73.68%（n=168）存在不同严重程度的抑郁，从轻度（n=61，26.75%）、中度（n=63，27.63%）到重度（n=44，19.3%）。发现有抑郁的参与者比没有抑郁的参与者年龄更大（P=0.038）。与其他低风险地区相比，在受冠状病毒污染的高风险地区，重度抑郁的比例更高（P=0.003）。基于多变量模型，我们确定对自己的培训/职业有些担忧的眼科医生（比值比：0.240；95%置信区间：0.086-0.672；P=0.007）和对自己收入不担忧的眼科医生与抑郁的关联较低（比值比：0.065；95%置信区间：0.005-0.91；P=0.042）。
在生活在高风险污染地区、对自己的培训/职业和收入有严重担忧的老年伊朗眼科医生中，观察到抑郁症的高患病率。建议伊朗的卫生政策制定者更多地关注经历上述因素的眼科医生。
