Open AccessThe psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic on physicians in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Eman Al Sulais,
Mahmoud Mosli,
Turki AlAmeel
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_174_20
Subject(s) - pandemic , medicine , cross sectional study , worry , family medicine , isolation (microbiology) , covid-19 , feeling , likert scale , personal protective equipment , environmental health , psychiatry , anxiety , psychology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , social psychology , developmental psychology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
COVID-19 pandemic exposed physicians to extraordinary stress and made them vulnerable to various types of psychological illnesses. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on the psychological well-being of physicians.