■这项研究旨在记录社会人口统计学特征,解决抑郁症的症状和程度,焦虑,巴基斯坦一线医生的压力,并验证抑郁症,焦虑,巴基斯坦背景下的压力量表(DASS-21)。
在巴基斯坦各地区对一线医生进行了横断面调查,以记录他们的社会人口统计学模式和抑郁程度,焦虑,以及在应对巴基斯坦冠状病毒(SARS-CoV-2)大流行的第五波(Omicron变种)(2021年12月至2022年4月)时的压力。受访者(N=319)是通过滚雪球抽样过程招募的。
尽管以前的文献报道了在较早的COVID-19浪潮之后,心理症状有所下降,但这些DASS-21研究结果表明,随着大流行的加剧,巴基斯坦的一线医生有相当多的个人抑郁症状(72.7%),焦虑(70.2%),和压力(58.3%)。尽管与COVID-19大流行特别相关,他们只评估了中等程度的抑郁和压力,然而,他们报告严重的焦虑水平。结果还揭示了抑郁和焦虑之间的正相关(r=0.696,p<0.001),抑郁和压力(r=0.761,p<0.001),焦虑和压力(r=0.720,p<0.001)。
■通过应用所有必需的统计程序,在这组前线医生中,DASS-21在巴基斯坦的文化背景下得到了验证。这项研究的结果可以为巴基斯坦的政策制定者(政府和医院管理)提供新的方向,以关注类似的持久公共卫生危机下医生的心理健康,并保护他们免受短期或长期疾病的影响。
The study aims to document sociodemographic features, address the symptoms and levels of depression, anxiety, and stress among frontline
doctors in Pakistan, and validate the depression, anxiety, stress scale (DASS-21) on the context of Pakistan.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted throughout the regions of Pakistan on frontline
doctors to document their sociodemographic patterns and the levels of depression, anxiety, and stress while dealing with the fifth wave (Omicron-variant) of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic in Pakistan (December 2021-April 2022). Respondents (N = 319) were recruited through a snowball sampling process.
Though previous literature reported declines in psychological symptoms after earlier waves of COVID-19, these DASS-21 findings show that as the pandemic has worn on, frontline
doctors in Pakistan are having considerable personal symptoms of depression (72.7%), anxiety (70.2%), and stress (58.3%). Though specifically related to the COVID-19 pandemic, they rated only moderate levels of depression and stress, however they reported severe levels of anxiety. The results also revealed a positive correlation between depression and anxiety (r = 0.696, p < 0.001), depression and stress (r = 0.761, p < 0.001), and anxiety and stress (r = 0.720, p < 0.001).
Through the application of all required statistical procedures, DASS-21 is validated in the cultural context of Pakistan among this group of frontline
doctors. The findings of this study can provide new directions for the policy makers (government and hospitals\' administration) of Pakistan to focus on the mental wellbeing of the
doctors under similar enduring public health crises and to protect them from short- or long-term disorders.