Background: Healthcare providers are engaged in providing patient care and may expose to COVID-19 during their work, Understanding the psychological impact of the COVID-19 among health care providers is important in facing the pandemic. Objective: We examined the psychological distress, depression, anxiety, and stress among healthcare providers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Gaza Strip. Methods: The descriptive design was used, 231 health care providers for corona patients were selected purposively, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scales (DASS-21) In addition to information on demographic characteristics was used in this study. Results: The mean weight for depression domain 68% and the mean weight for anxiety 69%, on the other hand, the mean weight for stress 67%, the study show that Mean Rank and the p-value equal 0.693, which is greater than 0.05, which means there are no significant differences between psychological distresses due to gender among healthcare providers during the Covid-19 pandemic, the study found that the p-value <0.05, which means there are significant differences between psychological distresses due to years of experience in favor of more than 12 years and type of job in favor of Nonmedical Health Care Personnel. Conclusion: Our study highlights that nonmedical health care personnel are at the highest risk for psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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