<p>Factors Associated with Psychological Distress and Brief Resilient Coping Level During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Health-Care Professionals in Dessie, Ethiopia</p>

Abstract

Background The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused serious threats to people’s health and lives in the world. The health-care professionals are bravely fighting on the front lines of the pandemic everywhere in the world. Our study is the first to study psychological distress and coping status among health-care professionals of Dessie town, Ethiopia during the unbridled time of the COVID-19 outbreak. Methods A cross-sectional internet-based study was conducted between June 20 and July 13, 2020. The questionnaires included the demographic information, COVID-19 related questions, Kasseler-10 to assess psychological distress level and Brief Resilient Coping Scale, and Oslo-3 social support scale questionnaire were employed. Results A total of 423 participants were involved in the study with a response rate of 100%. The mean age of respondents was 34.5 years (SD = ±8.45 years). The prevalence of psychological distress among participants was 42%. Of these 18%, 11%, and 13% had mild, moderate, and severe psychological distress levels. Being married, being nurses and pharmacies, current substance users, working in emergency and outpatient departments, history of chronic medical illness, brief resilient coping level, and social support level were particularly associated with high psychological distress. Conclusion Health-care professionals are experiencing a substantial level of psychological distress. In addition to other modifying factors coping level and social support was a significant predictor of psychological distress among health-care professionals. These findings should inform the implementation of interventions that increase coping resilience and social support to mitigate the impact of psychological distress among health-care professionals.

Healthcare worker resilience during the COVID‐19 pandemic: An integrative review

“…A total of 191 articles were screened for inclusion criteria between the two searches; 32 were selected for this review (Figure 1 ). The studies were conducted from countries worldwide, including China ( n = 11) (Cai et al, 2020 ; Hu et al, 2020 ; Huang et al, 2020 ; Leng et al, 2020 ; Li et al, 2020 ; Liang et al, 2020 ; Lin et al, 2020 ; Liu et al, 2020 ; Lyu et al, 2020 ; Ou et al, 2020 ; Pang et al, 2021 ), Italy ( n = 1) (Catania et al, 2020 ), Iran ( n = 2) (Afshari et al, 2021 ; Meybodi & Mohammadi, 2020 ), France ( n = 1) (Altmayer et al, 2020 ), Japan ( n = 1) (Awano et al, 2020 ), Saudi Arabia ( n = 1) (Balay‐odao et al, 2021 ), the United States, ( n = 3) (Barzilay et al, 2020 ; LoGuidice & Bartos, 2021 ; Resnick, 2020 ), Singapore ( n = 1) (Goh et al, 2020 ), India ( n = 2) (Jose et al, 2020 ; Nathiya et al, 2021 ), Turkey ( n = 3) (Kılınç & Çelik, 2020 ; Yıldırım et al, 2020 ; Yörük & Güler, 2020 ), the Philippines ( n = 1) (Labrague & de los Santos, 2020 ), Canada ( n = 1) (Lapum et al, 2020 ), Spain ( n = 2) (Lorente et al, 2020 ; Luceño‐Moreno et al, 2020 ), the United Kingdom ( n = 1) (Roberts et al, 2021 ) and Ethiopia ( n = 1) (Tsehay et al, 2020 ). A summary of the articles included in this integrative review and their results can be found in Table 1 .…”

Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Depressive Symptoms, and Sleep Problem During COVID-19 Outbreak in Ethiopia Among Police Officers: A Cross-Sectional Survey

“…The prevalence of symptoms of depression was beyond the previous National Health Survey in Ethiopia reported as 22.9% ( Hailemariam et al, 2012 ). Also, it is comparable with the psychological health problems of other frontline fitters, such as healthcare professionals, during the COVID-19 pandemic ( Tsehay et al, 2020 ).…”

Psychological impact of COVID-19 on obstetrics and gynaecology residents in India

“…18,23,33,40 Fear of COVID-19 is positively correlated with psychological distress (p=0.638**, p<0.001) as well as insomnia (p=0.444**, p<0.001) which is also observed in similar studies. 18,22,25,29 The Kessler psychological distress scale is positively correlated with ISI (p=0.741%**, p<0.001). Previous study associates distress as a major factor for insomnia leading to burnout among healthcare professionals.…”

“…In the study on Ethiopian healthcare professionals, the psychological distress during this pandemic was found out to be 42% and it was 18%, 11%, 13% for the mild, moderate and severe category respectively in the Kessler rating scale. 22 An Egyptian survey of physicians reported 50% of their healthcare workers, predominantly female to be in severe distress during the pandemic while working with a COVID-19 patient. 23 Another study on healthcare workers from Jordan found that 20% of the participants' mainly younger females, dissatisfied with their work had severe distress.…”

“…A 5point Likert scale is used to rate each item (0-no problem to 4-very severe problem), yielding a total score ranging from 0-28. The score is interpreted as follows absence of insomnia (0-7), sub-threshold insomnia (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14), moderate insomnia (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21) and severe insomnia (22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28).…”