Mental Health Burden among Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Time in Albania
- Author:
Liljana Ramasaco
1
;
Erjona Abazaj
2
;
Blerta Brati
2
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: Mental Health Disorders; Healthcare Workers; COVID-19 Pandemic; Radiologists; Stemmatologists
- From:ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry 2023;24(no. 1):1-13
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
- Abstract: Healthcare staff that operated at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 hence faced enormous physical and mental pressures. We aim to investigate the mental health situation among physicians and other medical employees in Albania. A cross sectional and descriptive survey was conducted from September 2020 to January 2021 time when COVID-19 in Albania was at its peak. χ2/Fisherexact test was used; a significant association between level of mental health and survey characteristics was made. P-value<0.05, while medical employees who work in Tirana had a higher significant score than those living in other regions p<0.05. Nurses and medical doctors were significantly more likely to report depressive symptoms compared to other medical employees χ2=85.2, 95% CI, a p-value of ?0.05 than radiologists, stemmatologists, and pharmacists. Furthermore, the younger age groups ≤ 40 years and >55 were more prone to report likely fair, stress, and depressive symptoms compared to other ages (p-value=0.042). This study reports a high level of fair and stress and mild to moderate burdens of depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, studies with a large sample size to include all medical staff nationwide need to identify and evaluate mental health among medical staff in Albania.
- Full text:20241212102945712717.2023my0002.pdf
