The psychological impact of COVID-19 duty among resident doctors working in a COVID-hospital: A short-term follow-up study
Background: There is a dearth of longitudinal research that measures the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of resident doctors. Aim: This study aimed to estimate depression, anxiety, stress, burnout, and sleep disturbances (insomnia and nightmares) among resident doctors after COVID-19 dut...
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| author | Aathira J. Prakash Vivek Agarwal Sujita Kumar Kar P.K. Dalal |
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| description | Background:
There is a dearth of longitudinal research that measures the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of resident doctors.
Aim:
This study aimed to estimate depression, anxiety, stress, burnout, and sleep disturbances (insomnia and nightmares) among resident doctors after COVID-19 duty. The study was a prospective longitudinal study among resident doctors posted in COVID-19 wards in a tertiary hospital in North India.
Methods:
The participants were assessed at two points of time, two months apart, on a semistructured questionnaire and self-rated scales for depression, anxiety, stress, insomnia, sleep quality, nightmare experience, and burnout.
Results:
A significant proportion of resident doctors working in a COVID hospital had symptoms of depression (29.6%), anxiety (28.6%), stress (18.1%), insomnia (22%), and burnout (32.4%), even after two months of being off COVID duty. It was seen that these psychological outcomes had a strong positive correlation with each other. Compromised sleep quality and burnout significantly predicted depression, anxiety, stress, and insomnia.
Conclusion:
The current study has added to the psychiatric aspects of COVID-19 among resident doctors and the changes in these symptoms with time and highlights the need for targeted interventions to decrease these adverse outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cfacc052d47d4b3c8b1cc7d3049ed4352025-01-20T10:58:43ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Psychiatry0019-55451998-37942023-01-0165110711210.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_159_22The psychological impact of COVID-19 duty among resident doctors working in a COVID-hospital: A short-term follow-up studyAathira J. PrakashVivek AgarwalSujita Kumar KarP.K. DalalBackground: There is a dearth of longitudinal research that measures the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of resident doctors. Aim: This study aimed to estimate depression, anxiety, stress, burnout, and sleep disturbances (insomnia and nightmares) among resident doctors after COVID-19 duty. The study was a prospective longitudinal study among resident doctors posted in COVID-19 wards in a tertiary hospital in North India. Methods: The participants were assessed at two points of time, two months apart, on a semistructured questionnaire and self-rated scales for depression, anxiety, stress, insomnia, sleep quality, nightmare experience, and burnout. Results: A significant proportion of resident doctors working in a COVID hospital had symptoms of depression (29.6%), anxiety (28.6%), stress (18.1%), insomnia (22%), and burnout (32.4%), even after two months of being off COVID duty. It was seen that these psychological outcomes had a strong positive correlation with each other. Compromised sleep quality and burnout significantly predicted depression, anxiety, stress, and insomnia. Conclusion: The current study has added to the psychiatric aspects of COVID-19 among resident doctors and the changes in these symptoms with time and highlights the need for targeted interventions to decrease these adverse outcomes.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_159_22anxietyburnoutdepressioncovid-19resident doctorssleep disturbancesstress |
| spellingShingle | Aathira J. Prakash Vivek Agarwal Sujita Kumar Kar P.K. Dalal The psychological impact of COVID-19 duty among resident doctors working in a COVID-hospital: A short-term follow-up study Indian Journal of Psychiatry anxiety burnout depression covid-19 resident doctors sleep disturbances stress |
| title | The psychological impact of COVID-19 duty among resident doctors working in a COVID-hospital: A short-term follow-up study |
| title_full | The psychological impact of COVID-19 duty among resident doctors working in a COVID-hospital: A short-term follow-up study |
| title_fullStr | The psychological impact of COVID-19 duty among resident doctors working in a COVID-hospital: A short-term follow-up study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The psychological impact of COVID-19 duty among resident doctors working in a COVID-hospital: A short-term follow-up study |
| title_short | The psychological impact of COVID-19 duty among resident doctors working in a COVID-hospital: A short-term follow-up study |
| title_sort | psychological impact of covid 19 duty among resident doctors working in a covid hospital a short term follow up study |
| topic | anxiety burnout depression covid-19 resident doctors sleep disturbances stress |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_159_22 |
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