Open AccessA Cross sectional study on anxiety disorders amongst young doctors during the COVID 19 pandemic.
Author(s) -
Sridevi Nh,
Darshan Yallappa Jotibannad
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
national journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-6816
pISSN - 0976-3325
DOI - 10.5455/njcm.20210627064319
Subject(s) - snowball sampling , anxiety , cross sectional study , medicine , clinical psychology , psychological distress , covid-19 , pandemic , psychiatry , family medicine , psychology , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Background: Empirical evidence suggests that stress related to a period of tribulation tends to weaken the system, further increasing the danger of diseases. Given this fact, additionally to having a high risk of contracting COVID-19, partly attributed to suboptimal protection, HCWs are susceptible to poor psychological state outcomes.
Objective: This study aims to assess and compare demographic and psychological factors amongst frontline healthcare workers like young doctors
Method: A cross sectional online survey was conducted by sharing Zung self- administered anxiety questionnaire using Google form. The consent was obtained from 100 participants and snowball sampling method was followed in the study. The Chi square and p value was also calculated to ascertain any significance level and association between different variables.
Results: Out of 100 participants, 13(13.5%) were found to have anxiety disorder. Males were found to have higher anxiety level than females.
Conclusion: The early identification of the psychological distress and a timely intervention will improve the quality of life of doctors and also reduce the severity of the psychological sequelae.