A Cross Sectional Study on Anxiety Disorders amongst Young Doctors during the COVID 19 Pandemic

Abstract

Background: Empirical evidence suggests that stress related to a period of tribulation tends to weaken the system, further increasing the danger of diseases. Given this fact, additionally to having a high risk of contracting COVID-19, partly attributed to suboptimal protection, HCWs are susceptible to poor psychological state outcomes. Objective: This study aims to assess and compare demographic and psychological factors amongst frontline healthcare workers like young doctors Method: A cross sectional online survey was conducted by sharing Zung self- administered anxiety questionnaire using Google form. The consent was obtained from 100 participants and snowball sampling method was followed in the study. The Chi square and p value was also calculated to ascertain any significance level and association between different variables. Results: Out of 100 participants, 13(13.5%) were found to have anxiety disorder. Males were found to have higher anxiety level than females. Conclusion: The early identification of the psychological distress and a timely intervention will improve the quality of life of doctors and also reduce the severity of the psychological sequelae.

Keywords

• covid19
• young doctors
• anxiety