%0 Journal Article
%@ 2561-326X
%I JMIR Publications
%V 6
%N 3
%P e27469
%T The Mental Health Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Physicians, Nurses, and Other Health Care Providers in Alberta: Cross-sectional Survey
%A El Gindi,Hany
%A Shalaby,Reham
%A Gusnowski,April
%A Vuong,Wesley
%A Surood,Shireen
%A Hrabok,Marianne
%A Greenshaw,Andrew J
%A Agyapong,Vincent
%+ Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, 1E1 Walter Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, 8440 112 St NW, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2B7, Canada, 1 780 215 7771, agyapong@ualberta.ca
%K COVID-19
%K health care worker
%K mobile technology
%K Text4Hope
%K anxiety
%K depression
%K stress
%K pandemic
%K e-mental health
%K mental health
%K impact
%K physician
%K nurse
%K Canada
%D 2022
%7 9.3.2022
%9 Original Paper
%J JMIR Form Res
%G English
%X Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, threats to mental health, psychological safety, and well-being are evident, particularly among the first responders and the health care staff. Objective: This study aims to examine the prevalence and potential predictors of the likely stress, generalized anxiety disorder, and major depressive disorder among health care workers (HCWs). Methods: A cross-sectional survey was used through a survey link sent to gather demographic information and responses on several self-report scales, including the Perceived Stress Scale, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale, and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 among HCWs enrolled in the Text4Hope program. Results: The result from this study suggests that during the COVID-19 pandemic, HCWs reported a high likelihood of moderate-to-high perceived stress (n=840, 81.2%), moderate-to-severe anxiety (n=369, 38.6%), and depression (n=317, 32.7%) symptoms. Nurses and other HCWs were significantly more likely to report depressive symptoms compared to physicians (F(2, 159.47)=15.89, 95% CI –5.05 to –2.04). Younger age groups of HCWs (≤30 years) were more prone to report likely stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms compared to HCWs 41-50 and >50 years old (odds ratio [OR] 1.82-3.03). Similarly, females and those who reported a lack of social support (separated/divorced and single) among HCWs had a higher likelihood to report likely stress and depressive symptoms, respectively (OR 1.8 and 1.6, respectively). Conclusions: This cross-sectional study explored a high level of mental health burdens during the COVID-19 pandemic among HCWs in Alberta. Levels of psychological symptoms were more noticeable in the female gender and the nursing profession. 
%M 34995203
%R 10.2196/27469
%U https://formative.jmir.org/2022/3/e27469
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/27469
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34995203