Psychological Effects of COVID -19 among Doctors

Abstract

Background: Doctors caring for patients during infectious outbreaks such as COVID 19 have reported negative psychological effects. However, little is known about how the experience influences their professional self-image. Material and Method: This is an observational, cross-sectional and multicentre study. The present paper’s ultimate objective is to measure the Psychological
Effects of COVID -19 among Doctors while engaging the COVID-19 treatments in the study area. The participants of the study are doctors who were engaging in the COVID 19 treatments in hospitals. The doctors are requested to fill the responses through Google forms. The responses are obtained from the doctors from May 2021 to August 2021. Result: In table 3, Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless were for few days 5% and 10% nearly every day. On the other hand, Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much were 13.3% for few days and 38.33% was not at all. Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television were 61.6% not at all trouble. Conclusion: Medical staff that performed COVID -19 -related tasks showed the highest risk for Psychological Effects even after time had elapsed. The risk increased even after home quarantine. Prompt and continuous psychiatric intervention is needed in high mortality infectious disease outbreaks.