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Stress and anxiety among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in russia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

E. Mosolova ,
D. Sosin  and
S. Mosolov
E. Mosolova*
Affiliation:
Faculty Of Basic Medicine, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
D. Sosin
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education, Moscow, Russian Federation
S. Mosolov
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education, Moscow, Russian Federation Department Of Pharmacotherapy, Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry, Moscow, Russian Federation
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Mental health of medical workers treating patients with COVID-19 is an issue of increasing concern worldwide, since previous epidemics have shown high levels of anxiety and stress in front-line healthcare professionals. The available data on stress and anxiety symptoms among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 are relatively limited and have not been evaluated in Russia yet.

Objectives

To evaluate stress and anxiety symptoms among healthcare workers directly involved in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with COVID-19 during the peak of disease outbreak in Russia.

Methods

The study was a cross-sectional hospital-based anonymous on-line survey in May 2020 of 1,090 healthcare workers practicing treatment of patients with COVID-19. Stress and anxiety symptoms were assessed using the Russian versions of Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemic scale (SAVE-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scales. Logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the influence of different variables.

Results

The median scores on the GAD-7 and SAVE-9 were 5 and 14, respectively. 49.1% respondents had moderate and 21.9% had severe anxiety according to SAVE-9. 12.3% had severe anxiety, 13.2% had moderate according to GAD-7. Female gender and younger age were associated with higher level of anxiety according to regression model.

Conclusions

Our study has shown that healthcare workers in Russia practicing treatment of patients with COVID-19 reported high rates of stress and anxiety similar to other countries. Female gender, younger age and being a physician were associated with higher levels of anxiety. These results demonstrate the importance of supportive programs for health care workers fighting COVID-19.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

AnxietyCOVID-19SAVE-9GAD-7
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S98
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