General anxiety predictors among frontline warriors of COVID
Cross-sectional study among health care workers
Keywords:
GAD-7, perceived stress scale, healthcare workers, COVIDAbstract
COVID-19 pandemic has increased the generalized anxiety among Healthcare workers, The cross sectional questionnaire based study aimed to determine the generalized anxiety disorders among the Healthcare workers working in secondary and tertiary care hospitals. GAD-7 scale and Perceived stress scale were used to assess anxiety. Non parametric statistics were applied to estimate the difference among the groups. A total of 270 Male 150 (55%) and Female 120 (44%) Healthcare workers responded to this survey. In Healthcare workers, the Doctors are revealed the more anxious and depression suffered than the other healthcare workers who participated in this study.
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