Psychological repercussions of COVID-19 on health care workers, Sudan

Fatima Hassan Salman, Ziryab. Zainelabdin Mohamed Elmahdi and Sahar Moawia Balla Elnour

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2024, vol. 70, issue 1, 182-189

Abstract: Healthcare workers around the world were confronted with innumerable torments with the emergence of COVID-19. Amid the pandemic, frontline healthcare personnel serve crucial responsibilities and endure significant social, psychological and economic consequences. This cross-sectional study collected demographic data for 1 year from 385 healthcare officials from all the hospitals spread across the state of Khartoum to research the factors that affected the healthcare workers and doctors who were on the frontline to diagnose and treat the patients with potential or confirmed COVID-19. The degree of symptoms of depression, anxiety and insomnia was also assessed through validated measurement tools. The female participants showed more vulnerability to depression, anxiety and insomnia than their male counterparts. It was reported by the end of the study that the healthcare workers in Sudan are under immense psychological hazards.

Keywords: COVID-19; HCWs and COVID-19; psychological consequences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/00207640231199406

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