Covid-19 effects on the workload of Iranian healthcare workers
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
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Covid-19 effects on the workload of Iranian healthcare workers Esmail Shoja1, Vahideh Aghamohammadi2*, Hadi Bazyar3, Hamed Rezakhani Moghaddam4, Khadijeh Nasiri5, Mohammad Dashti6, Ali Choupani1, Masoumeh Garaee1, Shafagh Aliasgharzadeh7 and Amin Asgari8*
Abstract Background: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the workload and mental health of Iranian medical staff using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and NASA -Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) Questionnaire between March and April 2020, respectively. Methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted from March 5th to April 5th, 2020. To evaluate the workload and mental health of participants NASA-TLX and GHQ-12 online questionnaires were distributed. Data were entered into software SPSS (Version 23) and T-test, ANOVA, Regression methods were used for data analysis. Results: Health workers who encountered COVID- 19 patients, were subjected to more task load compared to those who had no contact with COVID- 19 patients at the workplace (p < 0.001). In terms of the subscale score of NASA-TLX, nurses had more scores in mental pressure, physical pressure, time pressure (temporal), and frustration compared to the other jobs (p < 0.05). Moreover, nurses had significantly more workload compared to the other jobs. Conclusions: Type of job, the shift of work, educational level, and facing COVID-19 affected the score of NASA-TLX. NASA-TLX scores were higher in nursing compared to the scores of other health staff groups. The results of this study indicate that the scores of NASA-TLX and GHQ-12 among staff who had contact with COVID-19 patients were significantly higher than those who did not face COVID-19 patients. We suggested that a comprehensive assistance should be provided to support the well-being of healthcare workers especially nurses and healthcare workers who treated COVID-19 patients. Keywords: COVID-19, Health worker, Mental health, Workload
Background The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) appeared in December 2019, in Wuhan, China. COVID-19 was shown to be caused by SARS-CoV-2, which is a positivesense single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the subgenus Sarbecovirus (beta-CoV lineage B) [1]. On 30th January 2020, due to the spread of this virus to other * Correspondence: [email protected]; [email protected] 2 Department of Nutrition, Khalkhal University of Medical Sciences, Khalkhal, Iran 8 Department of Environmental Health, Khalkhal University of Medical Sciences, Khalkhal, Iran Full list of author information is available at the end of the article
countries following a logarithmic growth, WHO stated the outbreak of COVID-19 as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) [2]. Despite the low mortality rate of that as 2%, the COVID-19 virus has a high transmission rate as well as a higher mortality rate than that caused by both severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and middle east respiratory syndrome (MERS) [3]. In this regard, to reduce the rate of
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