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Anxiety and depression levels of healthcare workers during the Covid-19 pandemic


Onur Turan
Nilgün Yılmaz Demirci
Güntülü AK
Şule Akçay
Ülkü Aka Aktürk
Semra Bilaçeroğlu
Funda Coşkun
Oğuz Köktürk
Arzu Mirici
Cengiz Özdemir
Nazan Şen
Ülkü Yilmaz

Abstract

Background: 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.


Objectives: It was aimed to evaluate anxiety and depression levels among healthcare workers.


Methods: 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).


Results: 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.


Conclusion: 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.


Keywords: Healthcare workers; anxiety; depression; covid-19


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eISSN: 1729-0503
print ISSN: 1680-6905