The aim of our study is to investigate the presence of depression, anxiety and fear in healthcare workers during the SARS-CoV2 pandemic process, to evaluate their work and social life situations, as well as to evaluate the perspectives of the entire population towards hospital admission, surgery decision and vaccination.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV2) was detected by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention on 7 January 2020 in a patient with atypical pneumonia in Wuhan, China, via a nasopharyngeal swab. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared it a "Pandemic". SARS-CoV2 quickly turned into a global epidemic, with a total of 134,957,021 confirmed cases and 2,918,752 deaths reported in April 2021.Since SARS-CoV2 is a highly contagious disease, the risk of infection in healthcare workers is quite high. In one of the earliest studies in Wuhan, 29 percent of patients (40 out of 138) were reported to be healthcare workers. A report from the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that a total of 9,282 healthcare workers were diagnosed with COVID-19, including 27 deaths, between February 12 and April 9, 2020. Eleven to nineteen percent of COVID-19 cases have been identified as healthcare professionals.As the investigators have seen in studies of SARS or Ebola outbreaks, the sudden onset of an immediately life-threatening epidemic can place an extraordinary amount of pressure on healthcare workers. Increased workload, physical fatigue, inadequate personal equipment, nosocomial transmission, and having to make ethically difficult decisions can have dramatic effects on their physical and mental health. The weight of working conditions together with the risk of illness of their social environment and families can cause mental health problems such as fear and anxiety in healthcare workers.When an effective vaccination program is in place, population uptake should be as high as possible to achieve herd immunity. Vaccination hesitancy, defined as a delay in acceptance or rejection of vaccination despite the availability of vaccination services, is one of the barriers to this. It is a complex special case that varies with time, place, and vaccines. It is influenced by factors such as peace of mind, convenience, and trust. Vaccine hesitations have been identified as one of the ten global health threats of 2019.The aim of our study is to investigate the presence of depression, anxiety and fear in healthcare workers during the SARS-CoV2 pandemic process, to evaluate their work and social life situations, as well as to evaluate the perspectives of the entire population towards hospital admission, surgery decision and vaccination.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
333
PHQ9 Depression Scale for evaluating depression, GAD7 Anxiety Score for evaluating anxiety, WSAS Score for evaluating Work and Social Adjustment
Siran Government Hospital
Gümüşhane, Siran, Turkey (Türkiye)
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Score
Depression Score.1-4 Minimal depression,5-9 Mild depression,10-14 Moderate depression,15-19 Moderately severe depression,20-27 Severe depression
Time frame: 6 Months
Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment Score
Anxiety Score. 0-4: minimal anxiety,5-9: mild anxiety,10-14: moderate anxiety,15-21: severe anxiety
Time frame: 6 Months
Work and Social Adjustment Score
Work and Social Adjustment Score. WSAS score above 20 appears to suggest moderately severe or worse psychopathology. Scores between 10 and 20 are associated with significant functional impairment but less severe clinical symptomatology. Scores below 10 appear to be associated with subclinical populations
Time frame: 6 Months
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