Open AccessPrevalence of COVID-19-related anxiety among healthcare workers: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Esra H. Alzaid,
Safa S Alsaad,
Nariman A. Alshakhis,
Doaa Albagshi,
Rania Albesher,
Mahdi Aloqaili
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_674_20
Subject(s) - anxiety , medicine , stressor , cross sectional study , pandemic , psychiatry , clinical psychology , mental health , coping (psychology) , covid-19 , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
COVID-19 was labeled as a pandemic in March 2020. Healthcare workers (HCW) are confronting great mental stressors in coping with the crisis. In Saudi Arabia, research on the psychological effect of COVID-19 on HCW is lacking.