Prevalence and predictors of anxiety among healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic

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作者
Alenazi, Thamer H. [1 ,2 ]
BinDhim, Nasser F. [3 ,4 ,5 ]
Alenazi, Meteb H. [6 ,7 ]
Tamim, Hani [8 ]
Almagrabi, Reem S. [9 ]
Aljohani, Sameera M. [1 ,2 ]
Basyouni, Mada H. [10 ]
Almubark, Rasha A. [3 ]
Althumiri, Nora A. [3 ]
Alqahtani, Saleh A. [11 ,12 ]
机构
[1] Minist Natl Guard Hlth Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[2] King Saud Bin Abdulaziz Univ Hlth Sci, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[3] Sharik Assoc Hlth Res, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[4] Al Faisal Univ, Coll Med, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[5] Saudi Food & Drug Author, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[6] King Saud Univ, Coll Med, Dept Psychiat, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[7] King Saud Univ, King Saud Univ Med City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[8] Amer Univ Beirut, Dept Internal Med, Med Ctr, Beirut, Lebanon
[9] King Faisal Specialist Hosp & Res Ctr, Dept Med, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[10] Minist Hlth, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[11] King Faisal Specialist Hosp & Res Ctr, Liver Transplantat Unit, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[12] Johns Hopkins Univ, Div Gastroenterol & Hepatol, Baltimore, MD USA
关键词
Healthcare workers; HCWs; Anxiety; COVID-19; Silent epidemic; RESPIRATORY SYNDROME OUTBREAK; PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT; STRESS; SARS; EXPERIENCE;
D O I
10.1016/j.jiph.2020.09.001
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Background: During pandemics, healthcare workers (HCWs) may be prone to higher levels of anxiety than those of the general population. This study aimed to explore the anxiety levels among HCWs in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic and the predictors of increased anxiety levels. Method: HCW participants in this cross-section study were solicited by email from the database of registered practitioners of the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties between 15 May and 18 May 2020. Sociodemographic characteristics, work-related factors, and organization-related factors were collected. Results: Four thousand nine hundred and twenty HCWs (3.4%) responded. Reported levels of anxiety were low anxiety (31.5%; n = 1552), medium (36.1%; n = 1778), and high (32.3%; n = 1590). Participants reporting high anxiety levels were more likely to be unmarried (OR = 1.32, 95% CI: 1.14-1.52); nurses (OR = 1.54, 95% 1.24-1.91); workers in radiology (OR = 1.52, 95% CI: 1.01-2.28); or respiratory therapists (OR = 2.28, 95% CI: 1.14-4.54). Social factors associated with high anxiety levels were: living with a person who is elderly (p = 0.01), has a chronic disease (p < 0.0001), has immune deficiency (p < 0.0001), or has a respiratory disease (p-value <0.0001). Organization-related factors associated with a high level of anxiety were: working in an organization that hosts COVID-19 patients and working with such patients (p-value <0.0001). Conclusion: Self-reported medium and high levels of anxiety were present in 68.5% of HCWs in the COVID-19 pandemic. This highlights the urgent need to identify high-risk individuals to offer psychological support and provide up to date information on the pandemic. These data should help policymakers drive initiatives forward to protect and prepare HCWs psychological wellbeing. (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences.
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