Investigation on mental health status of front-line anti-epidemic medical staff during the COVID-19 outbreak
10.11886/scjsws20220529001
- VernacularTitle:新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情期间一线医护人员心理健康状况调查
- Author:
Juhong ZHU
1
;
Bin YANG
1
;
Ajiao FAN
1
;
Xiuyun MA
1
;
Qiangli DONG
1
Author Information
1. The Second Hospital of Lanzhou University， Lanzhou 730030， China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
COVID-19;
Medical staff;
Anxiety;
Depression
- From:
Sichuan Mental Health
2022;35(5):455-459
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
ObjectiveTo investigate the mental health status of the front-line anti-epidemic medical staff during the COVID-19 outbreak， so as to provide references for the targeted psychological intervention and improvement of mental health status. MethodsA total of 162 front-line medical staff who worked in Lanzhou Heavy Particles Hospital of Gansu Province from October to December 2021 were were enrolled， and assessed using self-designed general information questionnaire， Self-rating Anxiety Scale （SAS） and Self-rating Depression Scale （SDS）. ResultsA total of 144 medical staff completed the valid questionnaire survey， and 17 （11.81%） and 19 （13.19%） cases were found to have anxiety and depression， respectively. The detection rate of anxiety yielded statistical difference among medical staff with different anti-epidemic working hours （χ2=10.602， P<0.01）， and the detection rate of depression demonstrated statistical differences among medical staff with different occupations， family history of depression and anti-epidemic working hours （χ2=5.486， 4.039， 7.526， P<0.05）. ConclusionDuring the COVID-19 outbreak， front-line medical staff develop varying degrees of anxiety and depression. Furthermore， the detection rate of anxiety is relatively high among the staff with long anti-epidemic working hours， and the detection rate of depression is relatively high among the doctors， the staff with family history of depression and long anti-epidemic working hours.
