Anxiety, pandemic‐related stress and resilience among physicians during the COVID‐19 pandemic

• Published in: Depression and anxiety Vol. 37; no. 10; pp. 965 - 971
• Main Authors: Mosheva, Mariela, Hertz‐Palmor, Nimrod, Dorman Ilan, Shirel, Matalon, Noam, Pessach, Itai M., Afek, Arnon, Ziv, Amitai, Kreiss, Yitshak, Gross, Raz, Gothelf, Doron
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.10.2020; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Anxiety; Anxiety - epidemiology; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; COVID-19; Depression; Female; Health Personnel; Humans; Male; Mental health; Pandemics; Physicians; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; resilience; Resilience (Psychology); Resilience, Psychological; SARS-CoV-2; Sleep; stress; COVID-19; anxiety; stress; resilience; mental health

Background Physicians play a crucial frontline role in the COVID‐19 pandemic, which may involve high levels of anxiety. We aimed to investigate the association between pandemic‐related stress factors (PRSF) and anxiety and to evaluate the potential effect of resilience on anxiety among physicians. M...