Mental Stress and Sleep quality for frontline healthcare workers exposed to the outbreak of COVID-19
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2024-02
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IJHS medical Association
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During the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, anxiety symptoms were reported in 28.8% and depressive symptoms in 16.5% of the general population in China [21]. In the literature review [22-25], no difference was found between the units where the medical personnel were working during the pandemic and their anxiety levels. The current study is considered that the anxiety of medical personnel increased due to having to provide simultaneous treatment and care to both adults and children, who are very different from each other in terms of their characteristics and needs. A total of 120 health workers participated in this study. Male participants are 50(41.66%) and female participants are 70(78.33%), in which 100(83.33%) were married and 20(16.66%) were Unmarried having the work experience upto 2 years were 40(33.33%) and above 2 years experience were 80(66.66%).Among them having nursing education 62(51.66%) and medical education were 58(48.33%). The prevalence of occupational stress among CHWs was found Feel tired (43.33%) followed by emotionally exhausted (26.66%) and Feeling weak (30%) stress in the present study. Although these findings were matched on the level of stress, statistics between these two studies differ. However, no evidence of association was observed between occupational stress and other socio-demographic factors such as age, gender, education, job position, and working year. Occupational stress was significantly associated with various stressors such as under Feel tired, emotionally exhausted and Feeling weak.
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Occupational stress, COVID-19 pandemic, medical education, Mental Stress, Sleep quality
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C. P. Gujar, Chaturvedi Chandrakant P. Mental Stress and Sleep quality for frontline healthcare workers exposed to the outbreak of COVID-19 . International Journal of Advances in Health Sciences. 2024 Feb; 11(1): 1-8