Factors related to depression of hospital staff direct care of COVID-19 patients
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Abstract
Vietnam had been recognized as a country that has successfully controlled COVID-19 pandemic, especially during the first wave. However, for health workers who directly care and treat COVID patients, this is really a challenging job. The cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 medical staff working at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases and Ninh Binh General Hospital to described prevalence and factors related to depression of healthcare workers by using the DASS 21 scale. The results showed that the depression rate among healthcare workers is 14.8%. Factors that were statistically significantly associated with depression include: work location, work department, working time, appearance of physical symptoms, having a relative infected with COVID-19 and support/stigmatization factors. From this results, we need to find solutions to reduce the stress of health workers participating in the prevention of the COVID-19 epidemic.
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Depression, DASS 21, healthcare worker, COVID-19
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