Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-nr4z6 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-05-15T04:01:04.898Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Symptoms of depression and anxiety among health care workers during COVID-19 pandemia in latvia: A cohort study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

L. Valaine ,
A. Ancans ,
L. Logina ,
R. Beskrovniijs ,
L. Bubko  and
G. Ancane
L. Valaine*
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychosomatic Medicine And Psychotherapy, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
A. Ancans
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychosomatic Medicine And Psychotherapy, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
L. Logina
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychosomatic Medicine And Psychotherapy, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
R. Beskrovniijs
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychosomatic Medicine And Psychotherapy, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
L. Bubko
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychosomatic Medicine And Psychotherapy, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
G. Ancane
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychosomatic Medicine And Psychotherapy, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Introduction

Studies from the beginning of 2020 show that symptoms of depression and anxiety are increasing among health care workers. It is important to assess the dynamics of health care workers mental health.

Objectives

To assess the dynamic of symptoms of depression and anxiety among health care workers over a 3-month period during the COVID-19 pandemia in Latvia.

Methods

A longitudinal cohort study of symptoms of depression and anxiety in the population of physicians, physician assistants and nurses in Latvia during the COVID-19 pandemia. Symptoms of depression were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scale, symptoms of anxiety were assessed using the General Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale, cut-off score for both scales was 10. Initial data was collected on April-May 2020 with a 3 month follow-up.. Data was analyzed using SPSS- Related-Samples McNemar test.

Results

348 physicians were initially included (women 83,9%, mean age 45,17±14,02) and 376 physicians assistants and nurses (women 88,2%, mean age 39,99±12,97). After the 3-month follow up 189 physicians (women 88,40%, mean age 45,01±13,57) and 141 physicians assistants and nurses were left (women 88,00%, mean age 39,96 ±12,59). During the 3 months symptoms of depression among physicians rose from 26,80% (n=94) to 27,5% (n=52), symptoms of anxiety from 17,70% (n=62) to 20,6% (n=39). Depression symptoms among physician assistants and nurses dropped from 25,50% (n=96) to 23,9% (n=34), symptoms of anxiety stayed almost the same 18,20% (n=68) to 18,30% (n=26). Symptoms of depression among physicians changed from 26,80% (n=94) to 27,5% (n=52), symptoms of anxiety from 17,70% (n=62) to 20,6% (n=39), changes were not statistically significant (p=0,281; p=0,725). Symptoms of depression among physician assistants and nurses changed from 25,50% (n=96) to 23,9% (n=34), symptoms of anxiety from 18,20% (n=68) to 18,30% (n=26), changes were not statistically significant (p=0,405; p=0,664).

Conclusions

No change in the dynamics of symptoms of depression and anxiety among health care workers over a 3-month period during the COVID-19 pandemia in Latvia was observed.

Keywords

physicians mental healthhealth care workersDepressionAnxiety
Type
Abstract
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S264
Creative Commons
Creative Common License - CCCreative Common License - BY
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the European Psychiatric Association
Submit a response

Comments

No Comments have been published for this article.