Psychological distress among healthcare providers during COVID-19 in Asia: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating effect on the mental health and wellbeing of healthcare providers (HCPs) globally. This review is aimed at determining the prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress, fear, burnout and resilience and its associated factors among HCPs in Asia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Material and methods

We performed literature search using 4 databases from Medline, Cinahl, PubMed and Scopus from inception up to March 15, 2021 and selected relevant cross-sectional studies. Publication bias was assessed using funnel plot. Random effects model was used to estimate the pooled prevalence while risk factors were reported in odds ratio (OR) with 95% CI.

Results

We included 148 studies with 159,194 HCPs and the pooled prevalence for d

SUBMITTER: Ching SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8516240 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature