Prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms among emergency physicians in Libya after civil war: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to identify the prevalence of depression and anxiety among physicians working in the emergency departments of nine tertiary care centres in Libya.

Design

This was a cross-sectional study.

Setting

Nine main tertiary centres in Libya PARTICIPANTS: Emergency department doctors were surveyed between December 2018 and February 2019.

Intervention

The standardised Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was selected as a measurement tool for analysing anxiety and depression symptoms; a HADS score of 8 indicated anxiety as well as depression symptoms. The primary outcomes were anxiety and depression, which were tabulated with independent sociodemographic variables. χ² tests were conducted to compare the prevalence of anxiety and depr

SUBMITTER: Elhadi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7454180 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature