Anxiety and depression among patient’s companions during admission to the ICU in the Omicron wave of COVID-19: A cross-sectional study in Aleppo University Hospital

Sarya Swed, Fateh Kashkash, Sheikh Shoib, Nour Shaheen, Mohamad Nour Nasif, Karam R Motawea, Ahmed Sallam ElHawary, Yossef Hassan AbdelQadir, Muhammad Mainuddin Patwary, Hidar Alibrahim, Bisher Sawaf, Lina Taha Khairy, Agyad Bakkour, Ali Hadi Hussein Muwaili, Dhuha Hadi Hussein Muwaili, Fatima Abubaker Abdalla Abdelmajid, Nashaat Kamal Hamdy Elkalagi, Mohamed Elsayed, Eman Mohammed sharif Ahmed, Abdullah Khouri and Data Collection Group

PLOS ONE, 2022, vol. 17, issue 10, 1-14

Abstract: Background: After the COVID-19 pandemic, anxiety and depression have reached high levels, especially after the last wave, Omicron. Healthcare workers in contact with COVID-19 patients or those who come in contact with them may exhibit high levels of anxiety and depression. Therefore, we aimed to assess anxiety and depression symptoms among ICU companions of COVID-19 patients. Methods: From 30 November 2021 to 1 March 2022, sixth-year medical students at Aleppo University Hospital conducted interviews with the companions of COVID-19 patients who they brought their patient to the ICU centre as part of a cross-sectional quantitative study using the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 tools to gauge their level of anxiety and depression among companions of COVID-19 patients. The data were analyzed using the SPSS program. In addition, logistic regression models were used to study possible factors of anxiety and depression symptoms during COVID-19. Results: The total number was 997 participants in contact with COVID-19 patients. The mean score of the depression assessment tool (PHQ-9) in our questionnaire was 9.5 with a range of 0 to 27. At the same time, the anxiety assessment tool (GAD-7) had a mean score of 9.1, ranging from 0 to 21. A binary logistic regression was used to predict the relationship between depression and anxiety and various factors. We found that the companions with medical specialties were substantially less likely to develop anxiety than other companions [AOR = 0.459; 95%CI (0.23–0.9)], in addition females were substantially higher likely to develop depression than males [AOR = 1.322; 95%CI (0.992–1.762)]. 45.4% of companions had moderate to severe anxiety, in additon 50.8% of companions had moderate to severe depression. Conclusion: Our research reveals that moderate to severe anxiety and sadness are present in roughly half of the COVID19 patients’ companions. Females, people with children, and hard workers were more inclined to feel anxious than others, and those who are not in the medical field were more likely to suffer from depression than others, thus it is critical to assist these groups during the present outbreaks (Omicron and Monkeybox).

Date: 2022
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