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DOI: 10.54448/mdnt24208
Submitted: 05-14-2024
Published: 05-06-2024

Mental health status among corporate- and public sector health care workers in India during COVID-19 pandemic (second-wave): Impact of awareness, work satisfaction, risky work-environment practices and social media usage on DASS-21 & IES-R scores

Department of Neurosurgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, RUTGERS University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology. University of Texas Health, McGovern Medical School Houston, Texas, USA
Director & Professor, Department of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon Haryana, India
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India
Senior Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon Haryana, India
6 Professor, Interventional Neuroradiology, University Radiology Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery System Co-director, Cerebrovascular & Endovascular Neurosurgery Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, RUTGERS University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Mental health DASS IES-R Awareness Work satisfaction Social media COVID-19

Abstract

Introduction: With the advent of coronavirus pandemic, health care workers (HCWs) faced numerous professional, financial, and emotional challenges in addition to social stigma. Objective: It was intended to analyse the correlation of depression, anxiety, and stress among corporate and public sector HCWs, with awareness, risky work environment practises, work-environment satisfaction and social media preferences. Materials and Methods: Doctors, nurses and paramedical staff in critical care, obstetrics, neuro-anaesthesia and neurosurgery wards/ICUs in a public and corporate sector hospital were administered DASS-21 (depression-anxiety-stress scale), IES-R (impact of event scale-revised) and a common perception-based survey to assess the HCW awareness (AWA), work environment satisfaction (WES), risky work environment practises (RWE) and social media preferences (SM scale). Results: In corporate sector, being a nurse correlated with higher scores of stress (rs =1, p=0), DASS (rs =0.34, p=.114), depression (rs =0.54, p=.007), anxiety (rs =0.42, p=.041) and IES-R (rs =0.34, p=0.13). SM score negatively correlated with anxiety (rs =0.58, p=0.045), stress (rs =0.418, p=.041), DASS (rs =0.62, p=.001) and IES-R (rs =0.45, p=.031). In public sector, female HCWs had higher DASS (t=2.61, p=.018), anxiety (t=2.2, p=.03), stress (t=-2.11, p=.011) and IES-R (t=-1.86, p=0.07). AWA score negatively correlated with anxiety (R=-0.56, p= .005), DASS (rs=-0.48, p=.004) depression (p= .283), stress (p= .11) and IES-R (p= .101). RWE score strongly correlated with anxiety (rs =0.39, p= .027). Depression (D total, p= .010) and IES-R (p= .024) were significantly higher in public sector HCWs. Anxiety (A total, p= .108) and stress (S total, p= .246) were lower in corporate sector HCWs. Conclusion: Corporate sector nurses and female HCWs in the public sector showed significantly higher stress, depression, and anxiety scores. Increasing awareness about disease could mitigate stress, anxiety, and depression while prevailing social media preferences aggravate anxiety, stress, and depression.

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Sreenivasan, S., Agarwal, N., Parikh, S., Singh, P., Patir, R., Roychowdhury, S., & Gupta, G. (2024). Mental health status among corporate- and public sector health care workers in India during COVID-19 pandemic (second-wave): Impact of awareness, work satisfaction, risky work-environment practices and social media usage on DASS-21 & IES-R scores. MedNEXT Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.54448/mdnt24208