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Journal Name | ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry (MyCite Report) | ||||
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Total Publications | 32 | ||||
Total Citations | 16 | ||||
Total Non-self Citations | 12 | ||||
Yearly Impact Factor | 0.053 | ||||
5-Year Impact Factor | 0.104 | ||||
Immediacy Index | 0.000 | ||||
Cited Half-life | 2.7 | ||||
H-index | 3 | ||||
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Abstract
MENTAL HEALTH BURDEN AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS DURING THE COVID-19 TIME IN ALBANIA
Author(s): Liljana Ramasaco, Erjona Abazaj* and Blerta BratiHealthcare staff that operated at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 hence faced enormous physical and mental pressures. We aim to investigate the mental health situation among physicians and other medical employees in Albania. A cross sectional and descriptive survey was conducted from September 2020 to January 2021 time when COVID-19 in Albania was at its peak. χ2/Fisherexact test was used; a significant association between level of mental health and survey characteristics was made. P-value<0.05, while medical employees who work in Tirana had a higher significant score than those living in other regions p<0.05. Nurses and medical doctors were significantly more likely to report depressive symptoms compared to other medical employees χ2=85.2, 95% CI, a p-value of ?0.05 than radiologists, stemmatologists, and pharmacists.Furthermore, the younger age groups ≤ 40 years and >55 were more prone to report likely fair, stress, and depressive symptoms compared to other ages (p-value=0.042). This study reports a high level of fair and stress and mild to moderate burdens of depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, studies with a large sample size to include all medical staff nationwide need to identify and evaluate mental health among medical staff in Albania. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 24 (1) January, 2023; 1-13.