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How healthcare workers are coping with mental health challenges during COVID-19 pandemic? - A cross-sectional multi-countries study

Htay MNN 1 , Marzo RR 2 , Bahari R 3 , AlRifai A 4 , Kamberi F 5 , El-Abasiri RA 6 Show all authors , Nyamache JM 7 , Hlaing HA 8 , Hassanein M 9 , Moe S 1 , Abas AL 1 , Su TT 10

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Community Medicine, Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Melaka, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Asia Metropolitan University, Johor, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cyberjaya, Cyberjaya, Malaysia
  • 4 Birzeit University & Arab American University in Palestine, Palestine
  • 5 Research Centre of Public Health, Faculty of Health, University of Vlore "Ismail Qemali", Vlore, Albania
  • 6 Department of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Industries, Future University in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt
  • 7 North Star Alliance, Kenya
  • 8 Senior Resident Medical Officer (General Practitioner), Pun Hlaing Siloam Hospital, Yangon, Myanmar
  • 9 Maternal and Child Health Unit, Alexandria Fever Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt
  • 10 South East Asia Community Observatory (SEACO) & Global Public Health, Jeffery Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia
Clin Epidemiol Glob Health, 2021;11:100759.
PMID: 33977169 DOI: 10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100759

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has a social and psychological impact among healthcare workers worldwide and appropriate coping strategies are essential to avoid the negative mental health effects. This study aimed to investigate the coping strategies among the healthcare workers from different countries and their attitude towards teamwork during the COVID-19 pandemic.

METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted by using an online, web-based questionnaire, which was distributed to healthcare workers from 32 countries during April and May 2020. The respondents were recruited by the non-random convenience sampling method.

RESULTS: A total of 2166 respondents responded to the survey and the majority were working in low- and middle-income countries. Among them, 36% were doctors, 24% were nurses and 40% worked in other healthcare sectors. More than 70% of the respondents answered that "getting family support" and "positive thinking" were coping methods for them during the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately half of the respondents worshiped according to their belief and conducted prayers (58.4%) and had adequate sleep and food intake (48.2%). The significant associations were observed between attitude score towards interprofessional teamwork and gender (p = 0.009), age (31-45 years) (p 

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