Anxiety and associated factors among Ethiopian health professionals at early stage of COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia
| العنوان: | Anxiety and associated factors among Ethiopian health professionals at early stage of COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia |
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| المؤلفون: | Kassahun Alemu, Eyerusalem Mengistu Mamo, Zewudu Andualem, Demewoz Tadesse, Malede Mequanent Sisay, Henok Dagne, Telake Azale, Asmamaw Atnafu, Abiy Maru Alemayehu, Sewbesew Yitayih, Baye Dagnew, Soliyana Hailu Chekol, Wudneh Simegn |
| المصدر: | PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 6, p e0252664 (2021) PLoS ONE |
| بيانات النشر: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Viral Diseases, Epidemiology, Cross-sectional study, Emotions, Social Sciences, Computer-assisted web interviewing, Anxiety, Logistic regression, Geographical Locations, Medical Conditions, Surveys and Questionnaires, Pandemic, Medicine and Health Sciences, Prevalence, Psychology, Public and Occupational Health, Medical Personnel, Workplace, Multidisciplinary, Middle Aged, Anxiety Disorders, Professions, Infectious Diseases, Engineering and Technology, Medicine, Female, Safety Equipment, Safety, medicine.symptom, Research Article, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Health Personnel, Science, Equipment, Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Neuroses, Young Adult, Mental Health and Psychiatry, medicine, Humans, Pandemics, Personal Protective Equipment, Personal protective equipment, business.industry, Biology and Life Sciences, COVID-19, Covid 19, Mental health, Cross-Sectional Studies, Family medicine, People and Places, Africa, Population Groupings, Private healthcare, Ethiopia, Self Report, business |
| الوصف: | Introduction In late 2019, a new coronavirus disease known as COVID-19 (novel coronavirus disease 2019) was identified. As there is no any drug to treat this pandemic, the healthcare professionals are disproportionately at higher risk. The mental health outcome is expected to be high. Anxiety is expected to have a significant impact on health professionals, especially among those who work without adequate resources for self-protection. Objectives The objectives of this research was to assess self-reported anxiety symptoms and associated factors among Ethiopian healthcare professionals in the early stages of the pandemic. Methods We have conducted an online cross-sectional study to collect information from healthcare professionals in Ethiopia during the early stage of the outbreak from April 7, 2020 to May 19, 2020. GAD-7 was used for measurement of anxiety. We have used a cut of point of 10 and above to report anxiety symptoms. We have used Google Forms for online data collection and SPSS-22 for analysis. To determine associated factors for anxiety, a binary logistic regression model was used. Variables with p-value < 0.2 during the bivariable binary logistic regression were exported for further analysis in the multivariable binary logistic regression. Finally, variables with p-value Results Three hundred and eighty-eight healthcare professionals filled the online questionnaire; Majority (71.1%) were males. Significant number of respondents (78.9%) reported lack of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) at the work place. The prevalence of anxiety was 26.8%. Being female (AOR: 1.88; 95% C.I:1.11, 3.19), visiting/treating 30–150 patients per day (AOR: 3.44; 95% C.I:1.51, 7.84), those employed at private healthcare institutions (AOR: 2.40; 95% C.I:1.17, 4.90), who do not believe that COVID-19 is preventable (AOR: 2.04; 95% C.I:1.04, 4.03) and those who reported lack of PPE (AOR: 1.98; 95% C.I:1.04, 3.79) were more likely to be anxious. Conclusions The anxiety prevalence among healthcare professionals in Ethiopia during early stage of COVID-19 pandemic was high. This study shows that lack of preventive equipment, being female, contact with many patients, low self-efficacy and working in private health facilities were risk factors for anxiety. Anxiety prevention among health professionals during COVID-19 pandemic requires a holistic approach including provision of sufficient PPE, improving self-efficacy and addressing problems both at public and private institutions and focusing more on female health professionals. |
| تدمد: | 1932-6203 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::5329532a84c0eb9cff288135df0252adTest https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252664Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....5329532a84c0eb9cff288135df0252ad |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 19326203 |
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