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| Published: June 21, 2021
Assessment of Stress amongst Medical Practitioners During COVID-19 Second Wave: An Observational Study
Consultant Psychologist, Pain Panacea Super Specialty Pain Clinic, Aurangabad, India
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Consultant Pain Physician, Pain Panacea Super Specialty Pain Clinic, Aurangabad & Assistant Professor at MGM Medical College & Hospital, Aurangabad, India
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DIP: 18.01.152.20210902
DOI: 10.25215/0902.152
ABSTRACT
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which originated in Wuhan, China, was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on January 30th, 2020. There was tremendous stress on medical practitioners especially working in COVID unit. Further after unlocking completed, despite of vaccinations, due to mutation in Covid-19 strain, cases tend to rise in very sharply, resulting into second wave of pandemic. 55 Medical Practitioners working in COVID hospital in Aurangabad region responded and studied. Results shown that 35 of those that is 70% were in moderate stress, 09(18%) are in severe stress and 06(15%) are mildly stressed.
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© 2021, Joshi A. & Patangankar J.
Received: May 09, 2021; Revision Received: June 01, 2021; Accepted: June 21, 2021
Archana Joshi @ archanajoshi49@gmail.com
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.152.20210902
10.25215/0902.152
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Published in Volume 09, Issue 2, April-June, 2021