Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, Ziniaré Regional Hospital, Plateau Central Healthcare Region, Ziniaré, Burkina Faso.
Department of Biomedical and Public Health, Research Institute of Health Sciences, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Front Public Health. 2023 Jun 5;11:1162707. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1162707. eCollection 2023.
The COVID-19 pandemic challenged the mental wellbeing of health workers. The objective of this study was to assess health workers' perceived stress during the response to COVID-19 in the Central Plateau region (Burkina Faso).
We conducted a cross-sectional study of health workers in the Central Plateau health region from September 20 to October 20, 2021. Agents' perceived stress was assessed by the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10). Factors associated with high stress (PSS-10 score ≥ 27) were identified by logistic regression.
A total of 272 officers participated in the survey. The mean PSS-10 score was 29.3 points (standard deviation: 6.2). Three out of ten agents (68%) had a high level of stress. The main sources of stress were the risk of being exposed to contamination (70%) and being the source of contamination (78%). Working at the referral health center [adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 2.29; 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 1.19-4.41], the hospital as the main source of COVID-19 information (aOR: 1.17; 95% CI: 1.01-3.04), fear of COVID-19 patients being managed at one's center (aOR: 1.8; 95% CI: 1.06-3.07) were factors associated with high health worker stress levels during the first wave of COVID-19.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused high stress among health care workers in Burkina Faso. Psychological support for health center workers in responding to future epidemics would improve their mental health.
新冠疫情大流行对卫生工作者的心理健康构成挑战。本研究的目的是评估布基纳法索高原地区卫生工作者在应对新冠疫情时的感知压力。
我们于 2021 年 9 月 20 日至 10 月 20 日对高原卫生区的卫生工作者进行了横断面研究。通过感知压力量表（PSS-10）评估人员的感知压力。采用逻辑回归确定与高压力相关的因素（PSS-10 评分≥27）。
共有 272 名人员参与了调查。PSS-10 的平均得分为 29.3 分（标准差：6.2）。十分之三的人员（68%）压力水平较高。压力的主要来源是接触污染的风险（70%）和成为污染源（78%）。在转诊保健中心工作[调整后的优势比（aOR）：2.29；95%置信区间（95%CI）：1.19-4.41]、医院是新冠疫情信息的主要来源（aOR：1.17；95%CI：1.01-3.04）、担心新冠患者在自己中心接受治疗（aOR：1.8；95%CI：1.06-3.07）是与第一波新冠疫情期间卫生工作者压力水平较高相关的因素。
新冠疫情大流行给布基纳法索的卫生保健工作者带来了高度压力。在应对未来疫情时为卫生中心工作人员提供心理支持，将改善他们的心理健康。
