The Mental Health Impact of the Coronavirus Disease-19 Pandemic on Resident Doctors at M. Jamil Hospital Padang, Indonesia

Yaslinda Yaunin; Rini Gusya Liza; Satya Wydya Yenny; Dwi Sabtika Julia

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2021.6359

Authors

Yaslinda Yaunin Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia
Rini Gusya Liza Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia
Satya Wydya Yenny Department of Dermato-Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia
Dwi Sabtika Julia Department of Dermato-Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2021.6359

Keywords:

Coronavirus Disease-19, Resident, Depression, Anxiety and stress

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The first case of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was reported in Wuhan, China at the end of December 2019 and soon spread to all corners of the world in early 2020. As the number of case increases, healthcare workers who come into contact with COVID-19 patients are to provide care under unprecedented physical and psychological pressure. Several studies have shown that such gravity lead healthcare workers to experience depression, anxiety and stress disorders.

METHODS: Data collection was carried out on July 13–July 31, 2020, when participants – resident doctors at the Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University, Indonesia – could download and complete the online questionnaire uploaded on the Google form application. It reveals demographic characteristics and assessing the level of depression, anxiety and stress using the “Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-42.”

RESULTS: Out of 494 residents in total who are in training and based in Dr. M. Djamil Hospital Padang, Indonesia, 448 residents (90.7%) agreed to participate in this research. In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, majority of the residents – 355 people (79.2%) from 12 branches of specialization – were assigned to man the emergency unit. The analysis of the collected data shows that 57 residents suffer from mild-moderate depression (12.7%) and 19 residents (4.2%) struggle with severe-very severe depression. The other 58 residents (12.9%) experience mild-moderate anxiety while 12 residents (2.7%) labor under severe-very severe anxiety. Mild-moderate stress affects 89 residents (19.9%) and severe-very severe stress impact 20 residents (4.5%).

CONCLUSION: This study finds that residents experience mild-moderate depression, anxiety and stress as well as severe-very severe due to working in a pandemic situation.

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