Open AccessCOVID-19 Pandemi Sürecinde Sağlık Çalışanlarının Yaşadıkları Mental Sorunlar
Author(s) -
Özlem ÖZAYDIN,
Özden Güdük
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
yüksek i̇htisas üniversitesi sağlık bilimleri dergisi :
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2717-9257
DOI - 10.51261/yiu.2021.00035
Subject(s) - mental health , anxiety , depression (economics) , affect (linguistics) , pandemic , covid-19 , psychology , psychiatry , gerontology , medicine , nursing , disease , communication , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , macroeconomics
The epidemic of COVID-19, which started in Wuhan province of China and rapidly turned into a pandemic worldwide, affected all individuals in the society in different directions and levels. Depression, anxiety, stress and sleep disorders are among the mental problems experienced by healthcare workers during the epidemic. These problems not only affect the mental state and well-being of the employees negatively, but also affect their job satisfaction and quality service delivery. The purpose of this study to examine the mental problems affecting health workers, what factors affecting these problems, and what mental health support approaches can be done for health workers in cases of epidemics. Accordingly, a detailed literature review was made and published studies on the subject were compiled. It is inevitable that health managers will work to strengthen the workers mentally. Keywords: COVID-19, pandemic, medical workers, mental problems, anxiety, depression.