Levels and Predictors of Anxiety, Depression, and Burnout Syndrome in Physicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This study intended to observe mental symptoms among physicians in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic and to investigate the factors leading to such symptoms. The study participants were contacted via their smartphones between April 23 and 27, 2020, and invited to fill out an online questionnaire w...

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Published inInternational journal of mental health and addiction Vol. 19; no. 6; pp. 2470 - 2483
Main Authors Tuna, Tibel, Özdin, Selçuk
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.12.2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Anxiety
Burnout
Community and Environmental Psychology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Employment
Family physicians
Health Psychology
Hospitals
Medical personnel
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental health
Original
Original Article
Pandemics
Personal protective equipment
Psychiatry
Psychology
Public Health
Regression analysis
Rehabilitation
Self evaluation
Sociodemographics
Statistical analysis
China
Turkey
Depression
Burnout
Physicians
Risk factors
Mental health
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Summary:This study intended to observe mental symptoms among physicians in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic and to investigate the factors leading to such symptoms. The study participants were contacted via their smartphones between April 23 and 27, 2020, and invited to fill out an online questionnaire which included questions from the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). The mean age of the 406 physicians who participated in the study was 42.9 ± 10.1 years, and 53.4% were men ( n : 217). During the pandemic, 66.7% had decreased working hours. Lack of COVID-related training, difficulty obtaining personal protective equipment (PPE), working in a COVID unit, and current psychiatric disease were found to be among the predictors of emotional burnout. Female gender, lack of COVID training, difficulty obtaining PPE, working in a COVID unit, and current psychiatric disease predicted desensitization. Facilitating continuous and comprehensive support mechanisms aimed at protecting physicians’ mental health is of great importance during epidemics.
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ISSN:1557-1874
1557-1882
DOI:10.1007/s11469-021-00505-2