Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: April-June | Volume: 5 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 234-240
Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of the Society & HCW (Healthcare workers): A Systematic Review
Bibechana Thapa1, S Gita2, Keka Chatterjee3, Amita Devrani4
1MSc Nursing, College of Nursing, AFMC, Pune
2Professor and HoD, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, College of Nursing, AFMC, Pune
3Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecological Nursing, College of Nursing, AFMC, Pune
4Principal and HoD, Department of Child Health Nursing, College of Nursing, AFMC, Pune
Corresponding Author: Bibechana Thapa
ABSTRACT
Corona virus is an infectious virus originated in Wuhan, China. The virus has rapidly spread throughout the world as a global pandemic and created public health emergency. Pandemics lead to heightened levels of stress and fear and anxiety are common responses to any stressful situation. Healthcare workers being the frontline warriors in any pandemic, mental health is greatly affected among them and calls for an active intervention to restore and maintain the mental health. This review aims to investigate the impact of novel coronavirus on the society and healthcare workers. A systematic search of the databases from PubMed, PMC, Google Scholar and Science Direct was conducted. Our search strategy yielded 59 citations. 49 papers were excluded by title and abstract review and in-depth review was done for 10 articles. The studies dealt with finding the magnitude of anxiety, fear, depression etc among the general population as well as the health care workers with the help of self-administered questionnaires. 50.4 % of the health care workers had depression, 44.6% had anxiety and 34% had difficulty in sleeping. These studies revealed a significant level of anxiety, fear, depression among them and the strategic interventions undertaken to combat the emerging mental health issues among them.
Keywords: Coronavirus, Health care workers, Mental health, Anxiety, Depression