Psychosocial Impacts of COVID-19 on Healthcare Workers During the Nationwide Partial Lockdown in Vietnam in April 2020.

Autor:	Nguyen TT; School for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam., Le XTT; School for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam., Nguyen NTT; Duke School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States., Nguyen QN; Institute for Global Health Innovations, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam.; Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom., Le HT; School for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam., Pham QT; School for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam., Ta NKT; School for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam., Nguyen QT; School for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam., Nguyen AN; School for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam., Hoang MT; Institute for Global Health Innovations, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam.; Faculty of Medicine, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam., Pham HQ; Institute for Global Health Innovations, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam.; Faculty of Medicine, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam., Vu LG; Center of Excellence in Evidence-based Medicine, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam., Luong AM; Vietnam Health Environment Management Agency, Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam., Koh D; Pengiran Anak Puteri Rashidah Sa'adatul Bolkiah (PAPRSB), Institute of Health Science, University Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Brunei.; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSH) School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore., Nguyen TH; Institute for Global Health Innovations, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam.; Faculty of Medicine, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam., Tran BX; School for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam.; Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States., Latkin CA; Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States., Ho CSH; Department of Psychological Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore., Ho RCM; Center of Excellence in Evidence-based Medicine, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.; Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.; Institute for Health Innovation and Technology (iHealthtech), National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in psychiatry [Front Psychiatry] 2021 Jul 20; Vol. 12, pp. 562337. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 20 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyt.2021.562337
Abstrakt:	Background: The psychosocial impact of COVID-19 is greater among healthcare workers (HCWs) than the general population. This study aims to identify psychosocial problems faced by HCWs in Vietnam during the national partial lockdown between 1 and 22 April 2020 and to identify risk factors associated with psychosocial issues among this population. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the second week of April 2020 during the national lockdown in Vietnam. Snowball sampling technique was used to recruit participants through web-based surveys. The Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) was used to assess the impact of COVID-19 on HCWs through online surveys. Results: Of the 349 HCWs, we found 22.6% reported psychosocial problems. Most of participants reported having exposure to COVID-19 daily (48.7%). The majority of them also felt that their job put them at risk of SARS-CoV-2 infections (90.3%) and expressed fear of potential infection (85.7%). Despite COVID-19 risks, 95.4% of participants, however, expressed their willingness to continue working at their current health facility. In addition, 94.8% of participants believed if they or their family members had been infected, their agency leaders would have provided them with appropriate medical care. Lastly, HCWs who worked in the internal medicine department who did not take care of COVID-19 patients or expressed fear of becoming infected were more likely to have higher total IES-R scores. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the support of healthcare leaders and assurance of care might be helpful in mitigating the psychological effects of COVID-19 among HCWs in Vietnam. These resources should be tailored to HCWs who are working in different areas of health services, including staff who are not working directly with COVID-19 patients. In addition, psychosocial health resources should be provided for not only physicians but also nursing staff. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2021 Nguyen, Le, Nguyen, Nguyen, Le, Pham, Ta, Nguyen, Nguyen, Hoang, Pham, Vu, Luong, Koh, Nguyen, Tran, Latkin, Ho and Ho.)
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