Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health status among the frontline healthcare workers in Kathmandu, Nepal

https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6nS1.7036

Authors

  • Ramesh Timilsina Manager (IVF), Alka Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Lalitpur, Nepal
  • Md Sohail Akhter TB Project Coordinator, Synergie Sustainability, New Delhi, India
  • Mirza Adil Beig District Lead Centre for Health Research and Innovation, CHRI, Gorakhpur, India
  • Manisha Dhinwa Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi – 110067, India
  • Sunil Jyani Department of Geriatric Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi- 110029, India
  • Tanika Chaturvedi School of Allied Health Sciences, NIU, Delhi NCR, India
  • Abhishek Lachyan Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Practice, Department of Social and Preventive, Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Maruf Ahmad School of Allied Health Sciences, NIU, Delhi NCR, India
  • Nagaraj Patil Department of Public Health, JNMC, KAHER, Belagavi, India
  • Salman Khan School of Allied Health Sciences, NIU, Delhi NCR, India
  • Arti Gulati Clinical Epidemiology Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
  • Saima Furqan REACH-TB, New Delhi, India

Keywords:

COVID-19, HCWs, mental health status, mental wellbeing, health workers

Abstract

Introduction: The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has led to psychological distress among healthcare workers. We aimed to assess the prevalence of anxiety and insomnia severity among various occupational categories of frontline HCWs in COVID-19 treatment settings in Kathmandu, Nepal. Materials and Method: A cross-sectional web-based study was conducted over some time of 3 months from March to June 2021 among the frontline healthcare workers in Kathmandu, Nepal. An electronic survey link was sent via email and other social messaging sites and was requested to fill a questionnaire regarding sociodemographic information along with the Generalized Severity Disorder (GAD-7) and Insomnia Severity Index. Results: Out of 200 participants, most the respondents 87 (43.5%) had no anxiety disorder. 67 (33.5%) participants had mild levels of anxiety, 25 (12.5%) had moderate anxiety and 21 (10.5%) had severe anxiety. More than half participants (109, 54.5%) had no clinically significant insomnia. Subthreshold insomnia was seen in 63 (31.5%), clinical insomnia (Moderate) was seen in 23 (11.5%) and 5 (2.5%) of study participants had clinical insomnia (Severe). Conclusion: Due to the Covid-19 pandemic mental well-being of frontline HCWs is affected.

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Published

07-05-2022

How to Cite

Timilsina, R., Akhter, M. S., Beig, M. A., Dhinwa, M., Jyani, S., Chaturvedi, T., Lachyan, A., Ahmad, M., Patil, N., Khan, S., Gulati, A., & Furqan, S. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health status among the frontline healthcare workers in Kathmandu, Nepal. International Journal of Health Sciences, 6(S1), 8954–8962. https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6nS1.7036

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Vol. 6 No. S1 (2022)

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