Socio-psychological Status of Healthcare Workers During SARS-CoV2 Pandemic
Condition: Depression, Anxiety
MeSH terms: Depression
Study type: Observational

Summary: 
      The aim of our study is to investigate the presence of depression, anxiety and fear in
      healthcare workers during the SARS-CoV2 pandemic process, to evaluate their work and social
      life situations, as well as to evaluate the perspectives of the entire population towards
      hospital admission, surgery decision and vaccination.
    

Detailed description: 
      Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV2) was detected by the Chinese
      Center for Disease Control and Prevention on 7 January 2020 in a patient with atypical
      pneumonia in Wuhan, China, via a nasopharyngeal swab. On March 11, 2020, the World Health
      Organization declared it a "Pandemic". SARS-CoV2 quickly turned into a global epidemic, with
      a total of 134,957,021 confirmed cases and 2,918,752 deaths reported in April 2021.Since
      SARS-CoV2 is a highly contagious disease, the risk of infection in healthcare workers is
      quite high. In one of the earliest studies in Wuhan, 29 percent of patients (40 out of 138)
      were reported to be healthcare workers. A report from the American Centers for Disease
      Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that a total of 9,282 healthcare workers were diagnosed
      with COVID-19, including 27 deaths, between February 12 and April 9, 2020. Eleven to nineteen
      percent of COVID-19 cases have been identified as healthcare professionals.As the
      investigators have seen in studies of SARS or Ebola outbreaks, the sudden onset of an
      immediately life-threatening epidemic can place an extraordinary amount of pressure on
      healthcare workers. Increased workload, physical fatigue, inadequate personal equipment,
      nosocomial transmission, and having to make ethically difficult decisions can have dramatic
      effects on their physical and mental health. The weight of working conditions together with
      the risk of illness of their social environment and families can cause mental health problems
      such as fear and anxiety in healthcare workers.When an effective vaccination program is in
      place, population uptake should be as high as possible to achieve herd immunity. Vaccination
      hesitancy, defined as a delay in acceptance or rejection of vaccination despite the
      availability of vaccination services, is one of the barriers to this. It is a complex special
      case that varies with time, place, and vaccines. It is influenced by factors such as peace of
      mind, convenience, and trust. Vaccine hesitations have been identified as one of the ten
      global health threats of 2019.The aim of our study is to investigate the presence of
      depression, anxiety and fear in healthcare workers during the SARS-CoV2 pandemic process, to
      evaluate their work and social life situations, as well as to evaluate the perspectives of
      the entire population towards hospital admission, surgery decision and vaccination.
    

Intervention name(s): Survey
Intervention type(s): Other
Intervention description(s): PHQ9 Depression Scale for evaluating depression, GAD7 Anxiety Score for evaluating anxiety, WSAS Score for evaluating Work and Social Adjustment
Observational model: Ecologic or Community
Time perspective: Prospective
Sampling method: Probability Sample
Study population: 
        All healthcare workers aged between 18-65 who works at Siran Government Hospital (111
        volunteers) and 222 healthy volunteers who are non-healthcare workers.
      
Keywords: Depression; Anxiety; Healthcare Workers