SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL SPECIFIC OF DOCTORS’ ADAPTIONTO THE PANDEMIC

Abstract

Aim. To identify the peculiarities of doctors’ adapting to the emergence of the pandemic after passing through the acute stage of the epidemic. Methodology. The author conducted a survey on the author’s method, determining the specifics of Moscow doctors’ adaptation 2.5 months since the beginning of the epidemic. The participants of the research were: the doctors working in the “red zone” and contacting the infected people, as well as the doctors waiting for their turn to work there. Results. The survey showed that the doctors worry about the COVID-19 epidemic. The anxiety rate is higher among the doctors aged 35-40, and it is lower among those who are in their 50-60s. Despite having low anxiety rate, the doctors in reserve state that they suffer from depression. Doctors need psychological care but they don’t want to ask psychologists for help and prefer to resort to the anti-stress means widely-spread in the society. Research implications. The author managed to update the information about the peculiarities of doctors’ adaptation to the COVID -19, relative to the doctors working in the metropolis with the maximum number of infected patients.

Keywords

• pandemic
• COVID-19
• epidemic
• doctors
• adaptation
• red zone