Anxiety and Depression Among Imaging Doctors in Post-COVID-19 Period
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Anxiety and Depression Among Imaging Doctors in Post-COVID-19 Period Weiguo Li 1 Ximing Jia 1
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Xuesong Mao 1
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Jieqing Li 1
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Lianying Fang 1
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Guangfen Du 2
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Jianwei Qiao 1
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Accepted: 18 November 2020 / Published online: 23 November 2020 # The Author(s) 2020
Abstract To investigate the mental state of medical imaging staff in Shandong Province, China, who have been on the forefront of the COVID-19 epidemic during its late stage in China. Questionnaires designed to assess anxiety and depression were administered on-location, and 5331 complete results were collected. SPSS software was used for statistical descriptions and analysis. Rates of anxiety disorders and depression among medical imaging workers in Shandong Province, China, were 6.1% and 6.5%, respectively, higher than those of anxiety and depression in Chinese residents before the epidemic. The outbreak in Xinjiang, China; virus mutation in Japan; and spread of the epidemic due to occupational errors were the primary reported causes of anxiety and depression among image workers. Medical imaging workers showed evidence of psychological abnormalities during the late stage of the epidemic in China. Keywords Anxiety . Depression . Medical imaging workers . Late stage of the COVID-19 epidemic . Outbreak . Virus mutation
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Since the Chinese government incorporated lung CT findings as a criterion for the diagnosis of new coronary pneumonia, a lung CT examination must be performed on every suspected and confirmed case, as well as on patients planning to be treated for multiple days in the hospital. Medical imaging workers have become the first to contact COVID-19, and the probability of being infected has further increased. The purpose of this survey was to understand the prevalence of anxiety and depression in medical imaging staff, to identify the primary stressors, and to develop strategies to alleviate these symptoms.
An overall sampling method was used to survey medical imaging workers in a majority of hospitals in Shandong Province, China. According to a 2019 survey, rates of anxiety and depression among Chinese residents were about 4.98% and 4.06%, respectively [1], and a sample size of about 4000 was required to achieve a margin of error of no more than 15%. The survey was conducted from July 17 to July 31, 2019. A total of 5640 copies of the survey were issued, and 5331 completed surveys were returned. The respondents were from 15 cities in Shandong Province, China, with confirmed cases, and about half of them were employed in large- or medium-sized hospitals. The research team staff distributed the survey papers on-location, which were filled out by medical imaging staff and immediately returned. Persons with preexisting psychiatric disorders or serious physical illnesses were excluded. The survey included questions concerning radiologists’ attitudes, confidence, professional knowledge, and changes in the international epidemic, in addition to several factors recognized to affect the psychological state of rad
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