Date of Award

11-19-2022

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

MSc in Nursing

First Advisor

Dr. Tazeen Saeed Ali

Second Advisor

Ms Zulekha Saleem

Third Advisor

Ms. Rozina Roshan

Department

School of Nursing and Midwifery, Pakistan

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 drastically affected all aspects of human life, like health, economic, business, educational, religious, and social life. COVID-19 or coronavirus was first identified in the Wuhan city of China, in December 2019. It spread to major areas of China and then globally. After affecting 2.4 million people and causing 150,000 deaths worldwide, WHO declared it as a global pandemic in the year of 2020. This pandemic had psychological impacts on the general population, as well as on health care workers. The psychological impacts in HCWs included stress, fear, anxiety, burnout, insomnia, and depression. Therefore, this study assessed the psychological impacts of COVID-19 in HCWs and the factors associated with stress, anxiety, and depression of HCWs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Karachi, Pakistan.
/="/">Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess the psychological impacts (stress, anxiety, and depression) of COVID-19 on HCWs and to assess the factors associated with their psychological impacts due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
/="/">Methodology: A quantitative cross-sectional analytical study design was utilized to address the study question. The consecutive sampling technique was used to recruit a total of 258 HCWs working in the COVID ICUs of a tertiary care hospital and a public center established for COVID-19 positive patients. The data was collected from the participants through DASS-21 tool to assess the prevalence of psychological impacts of COVID-19 in HCWs. Furthermore, the data was analyzed by using SPSS version 26, and the distribution test Chi Square test was used for finding the prevalence of stress, anxiety, and depression, while logistic regression was used for finding the association.
/="/">Results: The study included 258 HCWs (69.0% nurses, 22.5% physicians, and 08.5% technicians). Among them 79% had anxiety, 75% had depression, and 60% had stress. Overall nurses were found to have a higher percentage of stress, anxiety, and depression than doctors and technicians. A higher percentage of females had stress, and anxiety, while a higher percentage of males had depression. Age, gender, and years of experience were found to be statistically significant with regard to stress, anxiety, and depression.
/="/">Conclusion: HCWs suffered a lot during the COVID-19 pandemic and showed negative mental outcomes, such as stress, anxiety, and depression. The study results showed that most of the HCWs had increased levels of stress, anxiety, and depression, and among these HCWs, females, and nurses suffered more as compared to males, physicians and technicians.

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