Stress and psychological resilience among general surgery residents during COVID-19 pandemic
Autor: | Turki Muslih Al-Harbi, Nosibah K. Telmesani, Sharifah A. Othman, Zeead M. AlGhamdi, Saleh Busbait, Hussah Al-Buainain, Farouk Alreshaid, Yasser Aljehani, Abdullah A. Alqarzaie, Raghad A. Alghamdi, Hazem M Zakaria, Ruba K. Alnajim |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Generalized anxiety disorder Cross-sectional study media_common.quotation_subject Saudi Arabia 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology psychology Anxiety 03 medical and health sciences Occupational Stress 0302 clinical medicine Intensive care Pandemic Health care medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Pandemics media_common Surgeons business.industry healthcare workers General surgery COVID-19 Internship and Residency General Medicine Resilience Psychological medicine.disease Mental health Health Surveys Cross-Sectional Studies General Surgery Bahrain Original Article Female Psychological resilience medicine.symptom business residency mental health |
Zdroj: | Saudi Medical Journal |
ISSN: | 1658-3175 0379-5284 |
Popis: | Objectives: To evaluate the impact of coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic and its consequences on general surgery residents. In December 2019, COVID-19 was first emerged from China. Methods: Cross-sectional, survey based study including surgical residents in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kingdom of Bahrain. Results: Surgical trainees who participated in our survey (n=234) were young (mean age 28), single (53.8%), and males (65.8%). Approximately half (50.4%) have been deployed to cover the staff shortage in intensive care units (ICUs) or emergency departments (EDs). Half of our trainees (117) scored positive in the screening tool of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). There was a significant association between experiencing anxiety and male gender ( p =0.055), level of training ( p =0.002), deployment to cover ICUs ( p =0.050), testing positive for COVID-19 ( p =0.054) and having an infected family member ( p =0.004). Conclusion: Coronavirus-19 pandemic has a serious effect on all healthcare workers and surgical residents have experienced a considerable amount of stress. Accordingly, this psychological burden should be appropriately addressed in organizations planning strategies. We suggest formulating guidelines to help surgical trainees to continue their learning process with least psychological burden. |
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