Psychological impacts of COVID-19 on Vietnamese health workers over the prolonged restricted COVID-19 responses: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We assessed the psychological impact posed by COVID-19 and its associated factors on the healthcare workforce nationwide during the peak of Vietnam's fourth outbreak.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

Our study was conducted in 61 provinces of Vietnam.

Methods

A total of 2814 healthcare professionals in 61/63 provinces of Vietnam. An online questionnaire using Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Perceived Stress Scale-4 (PSS-4) and Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scales was distributed randomly to a subgroup of 503 respondents.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

To determine the impact of COVID-19 on the psychological of health workers, we conducted analyses to test a primary hypothesis related to participants based on thre

SUBMITTER: Tran B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10401210 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature