strategy of medical workers in China during the COVID-19 outbreak

Mental health status and coping strategy of medical workers in
China during the COVID-19 outbreak

Abstract Background: The impact of the 2019 Corona virus disease (epidemic COVID-19) on the mental health of medical workers, as well as its impact factors, remains unknown. We assess the symptoms of anxiety, depression and insomnia in the medical workers and the effect of social support in China during COVID-19 Epidemic. Methods: We conducted this study was conducted with online questionnaire on a social networking software, Wechat, within one week from the 9. Until 15 February 2020. February 2020. Symptoms of anxiety, depression and insomnia by ZUNG self-Anxiety Rating Scale (SAS), Chinese version of center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale-and Insomnia Severity Index, respetively. The assessment of the social support was measured by the social support rating scale. Results: Under the 5393 respondents, anxiety, depression and insomnia symptoms of population accounted for 5·9%, 28% and 34·3% of the total sample. Female, contact with confirmed or suspected cases, working in the clinical first-line, low social support total score and low score in each dimension, nurses and other factors are closely linked to the development of depression, anxiety, insomnia symptoms. After checking the statistically significant characteristics variables, we found that the total score of social support and the assessment of the three dimensions of protection factors for psychological problems. Interpretation: anxiety, depression and insomnia occurred in varying degrees among medical workers across the country. Increasing social support can be an effective means of psychological crisis intervention. Funding: This study was conducted by the science and technology program from Guangzhou, China (no supported. 201704020092). Research in the context of evidence in this study in December 2019, a new type of coronavirus outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan, Hubei Province, the even more contagious than SARS. We believe that the medical workers, as the most important force in the fight against the epidemic, bear great responsibility and risks, which is likely to cause psychological problems of medical workers. And we have many large epidemiological studies have shown that medical workers different psychological distress suffered during and after the outbreak of SARS. But if we searched PubMed on Feb 09, 2020, without date restrictions, the concepts of "mental health", "medical workers", "COVID-19", "fear", "depression", "Insomnia" and "local" social support for articles in English, we have no reports of psychological status of medical workers during the novel corona virus epidemic in China. Added value of this study our study has shown that there are different levels of anxiety, depression, insomnia and other symptoms among the medical staff throughout the country during the COVID-19 epidemic, and brought some influencing factors and protective factors these symptoms. The Chinese government has already psychological crisis intervention in the overall concept for the prevention and control of epidemic, but there are no epidemiological data on the psychological problems of medical workers in this disease. Our study fills the gap in the epidemiology survey on the mental state of medical workers during the epidemic and provides the basis for further measures. Ichmplications of all documents our study is conducive to the further development of the psychological intervention during this epidemic, and provides a basis for the psychological intervention for the next possible outbreak. 1. IntFertigung in December 2019, a new type of coronavirus outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan, Hubei, China emerged, with serious, sometimes fatal clinical presentations, strong infectivity and no effective treatments.1 by Feb 21, 2020 76395 5365 Case, suspicion is confirmed, with 20857 cured cases and 2348 fatal cases have been reported in all provinces of China. The situation is so serious that intensive attention to all over the world, and was named 2019 corona virus disease (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization on Feb 11. The COVID-19 has also been used in 24 other countries, including Japan, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea and the United States. Chinese health authorities have immediately a series of measures to encourage the spread of infectious diseases, however, the epidemic was so intense that the medical services in Wuhan were exposed for a while, all medical workers were exhausted and under great pressure. Psychological crisis intervention is another important task in the fight against COVID-19, Chinese government in the total cost of the provision of epidemic.