TY  - JOUR
AU  - El Gindi, Hany
AU  - Shalaby, Reham
AU  - Gusnowski, April
AU  - Vuong, Wesley
AU  - Surood, Shireen
AU  - Hrabok, Marianne
AU  - Greenshaw, Andrew J
AU  - Agyapong, Vincent
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/3/9
TI  - The Mental Health Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Physicians, Nurses, and Other Health Care Providers in Alberta: Cross-sectional Survey
JO  - JMIR Form Res
SP  - e27469
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - health care worker
KW  - mobile technology
KW  - Text4Hope
KW  - anxiety
KW  - depression
KW  - stress
KW  - pandemic
KW  - e-mental health
KW  - mental health
KW  - impact
KW  - physician
KW  - nurse
KW  - Canada
AB  - 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. 
SN  - 2561-326X
UR  - https://formative.jmir.org/2022/3/e27469
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/27469
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34995203
DO  - 10.2196/27469
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/27469
ER  -