Anxiety and Depression among Egyptian Working Physicians During COVID-19 Pandemic | ||||
The Egyptian Family Medicine Journal | ||||
Article 13, Volume 5, Issue 2, November 2021, Page 150-165 PDF (588.18 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/efmj.2022.84314.1078 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Marwa Mohasseb 1; Asmaa Elsheikh2 | ||||
1Family medicine department, faculty of medicine, Menoufia University | ||||
22Community and Occupational Medicine Department, Al-Azhar University- Cairo, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: COVID-19 has been declared as a pandemic that has compelled health systems to operate around the clock. The increased workload has developed psychiatric problems among frontline physicians. They have reached burnout due to the high stress they face, and this decreased their ability to work effectively. Objectives: Assess the prevalence of anxiety and depression among working physicians during the pandemic, analyze their influencing factors and evaluate their effect on the physicians` work productivity. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out among working physicians in Egypt inquiring about the physicians` socioeconomic status, anxiety, depression, expected influencing factors, and work productivity. The questionnaire was administered to 400 physicians in contact with the disease. Results: A total of 40% of the physicians suffered from anxiety and about 35% from depression. Lack of support at work, fear of depletion of certain drugs and PPE depletion during working in hospitals, having higher qualifications, increased workload, and being married were the most affecting factors for developing anxiety. . Lack of support at work then increased workload, fear PPE depletion, working in hospitals were the most affecting factors for developing depression. There was a significant positive correlation between the impaired work productivity, anxiety, and depression. Conclusion: Anxiety and depression are prevalent among the physicians during COVID-19 pandemic. Socioeconomic and work-related factors significantly affect the development of these diseases which evidently affect their work productivity. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
anxiety; COVID-19; depression; physicians; work productivity | ||||
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