Open AccessPredictors of Psychological Distress in Health Care Staff in Qatar during COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Finza Latif,
Sawssan R. Ahmed,
Sumera Farhan,
Felice Watt,
Muhammad Waqar Azeem
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.37.7.4533
Subject(s) - medicine , mental health , psychological intervention , anxiety , pandemic , distress , psychiatry , mood , feeling , isolation (microbiology) , expatriate , health care , covid-19 , clinical psychology , disease , psychology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , social psychology , pathology , political science , law , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology , economic growth
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused widespread psychological distress. The aims of the study were a) to assess mental health symptoms experienced by expatriate hospital staff and b) to determine the impact of staff wellbeing interventions specific to pandemic related stress.