Depression and anxiety among doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic: yet more collateral damage?

Depression and anxiety among doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic: yet more collateral damage?

The authors concluded that worldwide, the prevalence of depression and anxiety among doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic is high. This conclusion is consistent with previous research studying healthcare workers at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak (Pappa et al., 2020).

Doctors have unfailingly experienced higher levels of adverse mental health outcomes and these results also re-affirm previous observations.

There was no clear, significant increase in prevalence when comparing current data to pre-pandemic rates; however, there is a lack of similar studies with consistent outcome measures. Factors like low national GDP and a low number of doctors per 10,000 patients were found to be statistically significant for increasing depression and anxiety rates respectively.

These findings can help orchestrate health workforce support initiatives globally during crises

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https://www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-health/depression/depression-anxiety-doctors-pandemic/