THE PRICE OF BATTLING COVID-19: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY

Objective: To find out the psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers dealing with the outbreak compared to those who did not deal with COVID-19 positive cases directly. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Online survey conducted in tertiary...

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Autores principales:	Muhammad Mahad Qureshi, Taimoor Ashraf Khan, Shamaila Mohsin, Muhammad Abdullah Zahid, Muhammad Ashraf, Ali Akbar Channa
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Publicado:	Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2020
Materias:	covid-19 pandemic health care workers perceived stress post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) psychological impact Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:da49b157805e40bba39f182a1b8387462021-12-02T14:55:16ZTHE PRICE OF BATTLING COVID-19: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY0030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/da49b157805e40bba39f182a1b8387462020-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/5230https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Objective: To find out the psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers dealing with the outbreak compared to those who did not deal with COVID-19 positive cases directly. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Online survey conducted in tertiary care hospitals of Pakistan from May 2020 to Jun 2020. Methodology: Total 171 participants enrolled in the online survey using Google Forms and self administered proforma comprising of perceived stress score 10 and impact of event scale revised. Data was imported using Microsoft excel and analysed by SPSS v 23 software. Results: Out of 171 participants, 105 (73 [69.3%] males, 32 (30.4%) females were dealing with COVID-19 patients. Moderate to high stress were documented in 51 (78.5%) and 4 non-COVID fighters respectively and in 66 (62.9%) and 6 (8.6%) COVID fighters. Moreover, front line Health Care Workers exhibiting a higher incidence of Post traumatic stress disorder i.e. 25 (23.8%) with Partial PTSD and 22 (21%) matching a clinical cut-off score for diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and 58 (55.2%) having Severe post traumatic stress disorder. Conclusion: Our study concluded that stress and post traumatic stress disorder incidence was seen to be significantly higher in Health Care Workers who were directly dealing with COVID-19 patients as compared to those who were not dealing directly. Moreover, Health Care Workers working in setups which provided psychosocial support reported significantly lesser incidence of perceived stress and post traumatic stress disorder.Muhammad Mahad QureshiTaimoor Ashraf KhanShamaila MohsinMuhammad Abdullah ZahidMuhammad AshrafAli Akbar ChannaArmy Medical College Rawalpindiarticlecovid-19 pandemichealth care workersperceived stresspost traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)psychological impactMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 70, Iss 2, Pp 468-474 (2020)
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topic	covid-19 pandemic health care workers perceived stress post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) psychological impact Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
spellingShingle	covid-19 pandemic health care workers perceived stress post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) psychological impact Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 Muhammad Mahad Qureshi Taimoor Ashraf Khan Shamaila Mohsin Muhammad Abdullah Zahid Muhammad Ashraf Ali Akbar Channa THE PRICE OF BATTLING COVID-19: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY
description	Objective: To find out the psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers dealing with the outbreak compared to those who did not deal with COVID-19 positive cases directly. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Online survey conducted in tertiary care hospitals of Pakistan from May 2020 to Jun 2020. Methodology: Total 171 participants enrolled in the online survey using Google Forms and self administered proforma comprising of perceived stress score 10 and impact of event scale revised. Data was imported using Microsoft excel and analysed by SPSS v 23 software. Results: Out of 171 participants, 105 (73 [69.3%] males, 32 (30.4%) females were dealing with COVID-19 patients. Moderate to high stress were documented in 51 (78.5%) and 4 non-COVID fighters respectively and in 66 (62.9%) and 6 (8.6%) COVID fighters. Moreover, front line Health Care Workers exhibiting a higher incidence of Post traumatic stress disorder i.e. 25 (23.8%) with Partial PTSD and 22 (21%) matching a clinical cut-off score for diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and 58 (55.2%) having Severe post traumatic stress disorder. Conclusion: Our study concluded that stress and post traumatic stress disorder incidence was seen to be significantly higher in Health Care Workers who were directly dealing with COVID-19 patients as compared to those who were not dealing directly. Moreover, Health Care Workers working in setups which provided psychosocial support reported significantly lesser incidence of perceived stress and post traumatic stress disorder.
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author	Muhammad Mahad Qureshi Taimoor Ashraf Khan Shamaila Mohsin Muhammad Abdullah Zahid Muhammad Ashraf Ali Akbar Channa
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title	THE PRICE OF BATTLING COVID-19: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY
title_short	THE PRICE OF BATTLING COVID-19: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY
title_full	THE PRICE OF BATTLING COVID-19: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY
title_fullStr	THE PRICE OF BATTLING COVID-19: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY
title_full_unstemmed	THE PRICE OF BATTLING COVID-19: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY
title_sort	price of battling covid-19: a cross-sectional survey
publisher	Army Medical College Rawalpindi
publishDate	2020
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THE PRICE OF BATTLING COVID-19: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY

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