Volume 33 Number 1 (2024)
Mental Health Assessment of Health Care Providers of Bangladesh during Covid-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Web-Based Study
Islam MR1 , Biswas S2 , Mowla SGM3 , Banik GC4 , Ahmed HU5 , Rahim A6 , Tanveer T7 , Amin MR8 , Azad KAK9
Mymensingh Med J 2024 Jan; 33 (1): 247-253
PMID: 38163800
Abstract
SARS COV 2 raised immense agony to everyone. As health care workers remains direct contact with patients, they are vulnerable to mental health disorder. The study was done to identify mental health status of health care providers of Bangladesh. It was a cross sectional web based survey among health care providers of bangladesh. A structured web based questionnaire was prepared both in Bangla and English version for better understanding. Total 2594 health care workers responded to online survey. Male were 1303(50.2%) and female were 1291(49.8%). Occupational demography shows 98.5% were physicians. Mean value of patient health questionnaire 9 (PHQ9) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) were 8.43±6.082 and 8.27±5.234 respectively among healthcare providers. To overcome anxiety and depression, 93.4% of HCW didn’t receive any psychological material and 85.6% HCW didn’t find physiological resources even through media. Despite many lacking, healthcare workers were resilient in our study.
Keywords: SARS COV 2, PHQ 9, GADs
- Professor of Medicine