Izmir Katip Celebi University Atatürk Research and Training Hospital, Chest Diseases Department, İzmir-Turkey.
Gazi University, Chest Diseases Department, Ankara - Turkey.
Afr Health Sci. 2022 Mar;22(1):532-540. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v22i1.62.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19), which causes a pandemic in the world, has started to appear in turkey since march 2020. Healthcare workers are at the top of the groups most at risk for covid-19 infection, which can have a negative impact on psychological state.
It was aimed to evaluate anxiety and depression levels among healthcare workers.
this cross-sectional study performed via an online survey in april 2020. Participants answered questions about sociodemographic features, personal views and experiences about covid-19 and the hospital anxiety and depression scale (hads).
A total of 300 healthcare workers,193 men and 107 women, participated in the survey. According to hads, 44.6% of participants scored above anxiety and 68.2% scored above depression cut-off points. Being younger than 50 and taking care of covid-19 patients in hospitals were independently associated with anxiety risk. Female gender, young age (less than 50) and having comorbidity were independent risk factors for depression.
Healthcare workers were at high risk of anxiety and depression during covid-19 outbreak. For this reason, psychological support should be given, especially to the group with high risk.
导致全球大流行的 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）自 2020 年 3 月开始在土耳其出现。医护人员是感染 COVID-19 风险最高的人群之一，这可能对他们的心理状态产生负面影响。
评估医护人员的焦虑和抑郁水平。
这是一项 2020 年 4 月通过在线调查进行的横断面研究。参与者回答了有关社会人口统计学特征、个人对 COVID-19 的看法和经验以及医院焦虑和抑郁量表（HADS）的问题。
共有 300 名医护人员参与了调查，其中 193 名男性和 107 名女性。根据 HADS，44.6%的参与者焦虑评分高于临界值，68.2%的参与者抑郁评分高于临界值。在医院照顾 COVID-19 患者的年龄小于 50 岁与焦虑风险独立相关。女性、年龄较小（<50 岁）和合并症是抑郁的独立危险因素。
在 COVID-19 疫情期间，医护人员焦虑和抑郁的风险较高。因此，应给予心理支持，特别是对高风险人群。
