Psychological Reactions among Staffs of a Tertiary Eye Hospital in Eastern Nepal during COVID-19 Pandemic

Autor: Prabha Subedi Basnet, Purushottam Joshi, Pranav Shrestha, Rinku Gautam Joshi, Pawan Mahat
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nepalese Journal of Ophthalmology. 13:39-50
ISSN: 2091-0320
2072-6805
DOI: 10.3126/nepjoph.v13i2.32887
Popis: Introduction: Eye examination and different procedures performed in close contact with eye and face, put medical and non medical staff of an eye hospital at higher risk for COVID-19. This causes increased psychological burden. The objective of this study was to find out depression, anxiety, stress and insomnia among Mechi Eye Hospital staff. Materials and methods: A web based cross-sectional study among Mechi Eye Hospital staff was done from 1st to 20th July 2020. Insomnia Severity Scale and DASS-21 were used. Results: Out of 220, 190 (86.6%) participated, 63.2% were female and 61.05% were medical staff with an overall mean age of 31.1±8.4 years. Overall prevalence of anxiety, depression, insomnia and stress were 20.5%, 18.9%, 16.3% and 12.6% respectively and those were common in female with 63.9% (p value
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