STRESS, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND RELATED FACTORS AFTER 2 YEARS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC AT DAK LAK, IN 2022

Nay Phi La1, Nguyễn Anh Khoa2,, Nguyễn Ngọc Như Khuê3, Vũ Thị Quỳnh Hậu4, Hoàng Hải Phúc5
1 Dak Lak Department of Health
2 Tay Nguyen Regional General Hospital
3 Buon Ma Thuot Medical University Hospital
4 Health Center of Buon Ma Thuot
5 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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By using the cross-sectional descriptive study method, we surveyed 2,582 health care workers (HCW) after 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have some following conclusions: 70,8% of HCW are female. The mean age is 36.8 ± 8.3 years old and the average years of working is 11.9 ± 7.8 years. Professional qualifications: doctor (19.9%), pharmacist (10.8%), technician (8.4%), nurse/midwife (37.2%) and other medical specialties (23.7%). 91,3% of HCW is working in state public health facilities and 8,7% is working in  private health facilities. The prevalence of COVID-19 among HCW is 47.8%. 57.8% of HCW  worked on the front lines. The rate of HCW having stress is 23.6%, having anxiety is 44.0% and having depression is 30.3%. The multivariable regression model shows age characteristics, working on the front line and causes: due to insufficient income to pay for life, too much working  pressure, having "Burnout" syndrome, feeling stigmatized for working in a medical environment, having some accidents because of seeing relatives and friends dying from COVID-19 and having some accidents because the relatives loses their job are related to stress, anxiety and depression (p<0.01). Female gender relates to anxiety, working experience in years relates with anxiety and depression (p<0.01). The workplace associate with stressful situations (p<0.05), anxiety (p<0.01); qualifications do not relate to stress, anxiety and depression; COVID-19 disease associate with anxiety (p<0.01) and not with stress, depression; Age associate with anxiety (p<0.01) and depression (p<0.05). HCW wishes to overcome stress, anxiety and depression by increasing monthly income (96.0%), improving working environment (85.3), having job support (83.5%) and no longer being discriminated against (57.0%).

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