Depressive symptoms among health care workers during the pandemic time of COVID-19

Abdul Wahab Pathath; Nurjahan Begum

OPEN ACCESS

PEER-REVIEWED

Original Study

| Published: March 23, 2021

Depressive symptoms among health care workers during the pandemic time of COVID-19

Abdul Wahab Pathath

Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Clinical Neurosciences, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Google Scholar More about the auther

, Nurjahan Begum

Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Clinical Neurosciences, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.087/20210901

DOI: 10.25215/0901.087

ABSTRACT

This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted over four months’ period among health care workers in Kerala, India from July to November 2020. The main objective of the study was to assess the relationship between COVID-19 pandemic and depressive symptoms among health care workers. The analysis of the result done with the aid of the available standard statistical tests. Results showed depressive symptoms were higher among health care workers during the pandemic time of COVID-19.

Keywords

Depression, COVID-19, Health care workers (HCW)

Download Full Text

This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

How to cite this article: Pathath A. W. & Begum N. (2021). Depressive symptoms among health care workers during the pandemic time of COVID-19. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 9(1), 830-833. DIP:18.01.087/20210901, DOI:10.25215/0901.087