Psychological Effects of the Outbreak of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of Healthcare Workers in Iran

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Iranian Rehabilitation Journal Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.32598/irj.20.3.1631.1

Malihe Kabusi, P. Sepehr, Mohsen Poursadeghian, Zahra Zamani, H. Tahghighi, A. salehi sahlabadi, Maryam Ebrahimpour Roodposhti, Zahra Shafiei, N. Amanat, M. Eshaghzadeh

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Abstract

Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic exposed healthcare workers to heavy stress and made them vulnerable to various types of mental illnesses. This study aims to evaluate the psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of healthcare workers in the COVID-19 ward. Methods: This study was performed during the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 9-Dey Hospital of Torbat Heydarieh in Iran, in which a total of 178 healthcare workers in the COVID-19 ward participated via the census sampling method. In this study, we employed the Goldberg general health questionnaire along with a researcher-made questionnaire on the experience of exposure to COVID-19 disease. Following the completion of the questionnaires, the participants’ data were analyzed by the SPSS software and statistical tests (the Spearman and Pearson correlations). Results: Our results showed 91.1%, 77.57%, 87.55%, 87.07%, 56.75%, and 74.16% for the general health, physical symptoms, anxiety symptoms, sleep disorders, social dysfunction, and depression symptoms, respectively, during the COVID-19 pandemic conditions. The results showed a significant association between the experience of exposure to COVID-19, anxiety symptoms, and sleep disorders (P<0.05). Discussion: Access to counseling and psychotherapy systems, rehabilitation, and the improvement of working conditions can effectively enhance resilience and promote the mental health of healthcare workers and increase the quality of care and treatment services.

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新冠肺炎疫情对伊朗医护人员心理健康的影响

目的:2019冠状病毒病大流行使医护人员面临巨大压力，易患各种精神疾病。本研究旨在评估COVID-19大流行对COVID-19病房医护人员心理健康的心理影响。方法:本研究在伊朗Torbat Heydarieh 9-Dey医院COVID-19大流行第一次高峰期间进行，采用人口普查抽样法对178名COVID-19病房医护人员进行调查。在本研究中，我们采用了Goldberg一般健康问卷和一份由研究人员制作的关于COVID-19疾病暴露经历的问卷。在完成问卷调查后，通过SPSS软件和统计检验(Spearman和Pearson相关性)对参与者的数据进行分析。结果:在新冠肺炎大流行期间，一般健康状况、躯体症状、焦虑症状、睡眠障碍、社交障碍和抑郁症状分别为91.1%、77.57%、87.55%、87.07%、56.75%和74.16%。结果显示，暴露于COVID-19的经历、焦虑症状和睡眠障碍之间存在显著关联(P<0.05)。讨论:获得咨询和心理治疗系统、康复和改善工作条件可以有效增强医护人员的心理弹性，促进其心理健康，提高护理和治疗服务的质量。

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Iranian Rehabilitation Journal Medicine-Rehabilitation

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0.60

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6 weeks

期刊介绍： Iranian Rehabilitation Journal aims to provide the readers with a variety of topics, including: original articles, hypothesis formation, editorials, literature reviews, case reports, short communications, special reports, letters to the editor, discussions of public policy issues and book reviews, and methodology articles in the fields of rehabilitation and social welfare, including (but not limited to): -Clinical and basic research in various special needs groups -Physical and mental rehabilitation -Epidemiological studies on disabling conditions -Biostatistics -Vocational and socio-medical aspects of rehabilitation IRJ also welcomes papers focusing on the genetic basis of common disabling disorders across human populations. Those studies may include (but not limited to): -The genetic basis of common single gene and complex disorders. -Bioinformatics tools to investigate and to model biological phenomena -Novel computational tools and databases -Sequence analysis -Population analysis -Databases and text mining