Mental Health of Healthcare Workers During the Third Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Did We Forget them after the First Wave?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since December 2019, countries experienced different numbers of COVID-19 pandemic waves. The COVID-19 pandemic led to adverse psychologic problems in the communities and among healthcare workers (HCWs), but the dynamic of these problems through different waves needs to be established more.

Materials and methods

This cross-sectional study was conducted in October 2020, through the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, in Isfahan, Iran. We studied HCWs' depression, anxiety, and stress using Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) and insomnia using Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) questionnaires. Multiple linear regression was used to evaluate the association of some characteristic factors with different psychologic symptoms.

Results

Our results showed tha

SUBMITTER: Saeri M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10772797 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature