Investigating the Covid-19 pandemic psychological effects on health professionals

Document Type : Original Research

Authors
A. R. Shalili 1
O. Ahmadi 2
R. Aliannejad 3
1 MSc of occupational health and safety engineering, Department of occupational health and safety engineering, faculty of medical science, university of Tarbiat Modarres, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant professor, Department of occupational health and safety engineering, faculty of medical science, university of Tarbiat Modarres, Tehran, Iran
3 Pulmonary Department, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Background and purpose: The covid-19 has severely affected the health care system in various countries, and a review of other similar epidemics has shown that frontline health care workers are at risk of infection as well as adverse physical and mental health outcomes. The purpose of this study is to investigate the psychological effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on indicators including sleep quality, fatigue, and job stress in health professionals.

Materials and methods: This research was conducted in a hospital, which was one of the centers for the care of patients with covid-19 in Tehran. 90 nurses from the special respiratory care department and 93 people from other professions participated in the study with personal consent. Multidimensional fatigue (MFI), occupational stress (HSE), sleep quality (Pittsburgh sleep quality) questionnaires were used to investigate the studied indicators, and statistical analysis was performed on the data using SPSS26 software.

Results: The results of this study show that the quality of sleep and occupational stress among nurses has significantly(p<005) changed, so that the decrease in sleep quality and the increase of occupational stress among nurses is evident, in this study, the correlation between the demographic information of the population and the studied indicators has been investigated.

Conclusion: findings show that the medical staff suffered psychological injuries during the covid-19 pandemic, including increased job stress and reduced sleep quality, which can lead to a wide range of other psychological and functional disorders.

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Volume 26, Issue 1
November 2023
Pages 53-60