COVID-19 Psychological Impact on Health Care Workers in Saudi Arabia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Sample
2.2. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Personal Data | No | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 266 | 68.4% |
Female | 123 | 31.6% | |
Age in years | 20− | 132 | 33.9% |
30− | 184 | 47.3% | |
40− | 45 | 11.6% | |
50− | 18 | 4.6% | |
60+ | 10 | 2.6% | |
Marital status | Single | 109 | 28.0% |
Married | 270 | 69.4% | |
Divorced/widow | 10 | 2.6% | |
Number of children | None | 38 | 13.6% |
1–3 | 157 | 56.1% | |
4–5 | 63 | 22.5% | |
6+ | 22 | 7.9% | |
Qualification | High school | 5 | 1.3% |
Bachelor | 153 | 39.3% | |
Diploma | 65 | 16.7% | |
Master | 33 | 8.5% | |
Board | 86 | 22.1% | |
Fellowship | 40 | 10.3% | |
PhD | 7 | 1.8% | |
None | 278 | 71.5% | |
Chronic health problems | DM | 23 | 5.9% |
HTN under treatment | 21 | 5.4% | |
Mental health problems | 16 | 4.1% | |
Cardiac problems | 10 | 2.6% | |
Allergic/autoimmune problems | 34 | 8.7% | |
Chronic immune deficiency | 13 | 3.3% | |
Others | 21 | 5.4% |
Work Related Data | No | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Job | Social worker | 7 | 1.8% |
Administrative | 33 | 8.5% | |
Technician | 86 | 22.1% | |
Nursing | 66 | 17.0% | |
Dentist | 14 | 3.6% | |
Physician | 183 | 47.0% | |
Experience years | <5 years | 142 | 36.5% |
5–14 | 169 | 43.4% | |
15–24 | 57 | 14.7% | |
25+ | 21 | 5.4% | |
Work setting | Primary health care center | 92 | 23.7% |
Specialist hospital | 75 | 19.3% | |
University hospital | 36 | 9.3% | |
General hospital | 186 | 47.8% | |
Degree of contact with COVID-19 cases | First line: direct contact with COVID cases | 185 | 47.6% |
Second line: department with no COVID cases | 204 | 52.4% | |
Diagnosed to have Covid-19 before | Yes | 10 | 2.6% |
No | 379 | 97.4% |
PHQ9 Items | Not at All | Several Days | More Than Half the Days | Nearly Every Day |
---|---|---|---|---|
No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | |
Little interest or pleasure in doing things | 126 (32.4) | 131 (33.7) | 64 (16.5) | 68 (17.5) |
Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless | 129 (33.2) | 137 (35.2) | 64 (16.5) | 59 (15.2) |
Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much | 128 (32.9) | 123 (31.6) | 56 (14.4) | 82 (21.1) |
Feeling tired or having little energy | 104 (26.7) | 162 (41.6) | 50 (12.9) | 73 (18.8) |
Poor appetite or overeating | 164 (42.2) | 109 (28.0) | 56 (14.4) | 60 (15.4) |
Feeling bad about yourself or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down | 234 (60.2) | 92 (23.7) | 32 (8.2) | 31 (8.0) |
Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television | 195 (50.1) | 101 (26.0) | 45 (11.6) | 48 (12.3) |
Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed? Or the opposite—being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual | 222 (57.1) | 98 (25.2) | 44 (11.3) | 25 (6.4) |
Thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way | 337 (86.6) | 30 (7.7) | 6 (1.5) | 16 (4.1) |
If you checked off any problems, how difficult have these problems made it for you to do your work, take care of things at home, or get along with other people | Not difficult at all | Somewhat difficult | Very difficult | Extremely difficult |
173 (44.5) | 147 (37.8) | 56 (14.4) | 13 (3.3) | |
Depression level | Mild depression | Moderate depression | Moderately severe | Severe depression |
107 (27.5) | 73 (18.8) | 44 (11.3) | 28 (7.2) |
GAD7 Items | Not at All | Several Days | More Than Half the Days | Nearly Every Day |
---|---|---|---|---|
No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | |
Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge | 93 (23.9) | 167 (42.9) | 76 (19.5) | 53 (13.6) |
Not being able to stop or control worrying | 143 (36.8) | 131 (33.7) | 52 (13.4) | 63 (16.2) |
Worrying too much about different things | 98 (25.2) | 155 (39.8) | 70 (18.0) | 66 (17.0) |
Trouble relaxing | 109 (28.0) | 142 (36.5) | 77 (19.8) | 61 (15.7) |
Being so restless that it is hard to sit still | 196 (50.4) | 105 (27.0) | 46 (11.8) | 42 (10.8) |
Becoming easily annoyed or irritable | 117 (30.1) | 143 (36.8) | 62 (15.9) | 67 (17.2) |
Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen | 179 (46.0) | 116 (29.8) | 39 (10.0) | 55 (14.1) |
If you checked off any problems, how difficult have these problems made it for you to do your work, take care of things at home, or get along with other people | Not difficult at all | Somewhat difficult | Very difficult | Extremely difficult |
163 (41.9) | 147 (37.8) | 54 (13.9) | 25 (6.4) | |
Anxiety level | Mild depression | Moderate depression | Moderately severe | Severe depression |
140 (36.0) | 128 (32.9) | 53 (13.6) | 68 (17.5) |
Personal Data | Depressed | Anxious | |
---|---|---|---|
No (%) | No (%) | ||
Age in years | <40 years | 219 (69.3) | 217 (68.7) |
>40 years | 33 (45.2) | 32 (43.8) | |
p-value | 0.001 * | 0.001 * | |
Gender | Male | 154 (57.9) | 148 (55.6) |
Female | 98 (79.7) | 101 (82.1) | |
p-value | 0.001 * | 0.001 * | |
Number of children | None | 26 (68.4) | 20 (52.6) |
1–3 | 100 (63.7) | 99 (63.1) | |
4–5 | 30 (47.6) | 29 (46.0) | |
6+ | 13 (59.1) | 9 (40.9) | |
p-value | 0.109 | 0.048 * | |
Chronic health problems | No | 172 (61.9) | 170 (61.2) |
Yes | 80 (72.1) | 79 (71.2) | |
p-value | 0.048 * | 0.049 * | |
Job | Paramedical | 78 (61.9) | 68 (54.0) |
Medical | 174 (66.2) | 181 (68.8) | |
p-value | 0.411 | 0.004 * | |
Experience years | <5 years | 111 (78.2) | 109 (76.8) |
5–14 | 102 (60.4) | 104 (61.5) | |
15–24 | 31 (54.4) | 26 (45.6) | |
25+ | 8 (38.1) | 10 (47.6) | |
p-value | 0.001 * | 0.001 * | |
Degree of contact with COVID-19 cases | First line: direct contact with COVID cases | 126 (68.1) | 139 (75.1) |
Second line: department with no COVID cases | 126 (61.8) | 110 (53.9) | |
p-value | 0.191 | 0.001 * | |
Diagnosed to have Covid-19 before | Yes | 10 (100.0) | 7 (70.0) |
No | 242 (63.9) | 242 (63.9) | |
p-value | 0.018 * | 0.689 |
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Alamri, H.S.; Mousa, W.F.; Algarni, A.; Megahid, S.F.; Al Bshabshe, A.; Alshehri, N.N.; Alsamghan, A.; Alsabaani, A.; Mirdad, R.T.; Alshahrani, A.M.; et al. COVID-19 Psychological Impact on Health Care Workers in Saudi Arabia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 6076. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18116076
Alamri HS, Mousa WF, Algarni A, Megahid SF, Al Bshabshe A, Alshehri NN, Alsamghan A, Alsabaani A, Mirdad RT, Alshahrani AM, et al. COVID-19 Psychological Impact on Health Care Workers in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(11):6076. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18116076
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlamri, Hasan S., Wesam F. Mousa, Abdullah Algarni, Shehata F. Megahid, Ali Al Bshabshe, Nada N. Alshehri, Awad Alsamghan, Abdullah Alsabaani, Rasha T. Mirdad, Asrar M. Alshahrani, and et al. 2021. "COVID-19 Psychological Impact on Health Care Workers in Saudi Arabia" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 11: 6076. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18116076