Abstract
Assessment of Depression Status of Health Care Workers: Working in Covid-19 Clinics
Aim: In this study, it was aimed to determine depressive symptoms and affecting factors of healthcare workers in COVID-19 clinics in Kirikkale, Ankara and Istanbul provinces with different populations in Turkey.
Materyal and Method: 502 healthcare professionals working in COVID-19 clinics were included in this descriptive study between June 1 and August 30, 2020. An online questionnaire consisting of Sociodemographic Information Form and BECK Depression Inventory (BDI) was used as data collection. The questionnaire was delivered to health workers through social platforms.
Results: According to results; no statistically significant difference were found between mean BDI scores comparisons of gender, economic status and participation in psychosocial support program (p>0.005). Statistically significant difference were found between mean BDI scores according to educational status of healthcare professionals (p<0.001), marital status (p<0.001), having children (p=0.017), working time in profession (p=0.013), time worked face to face with patient (p=0.006), unit of work (p<0.001), working time in the service (p<0.001), weekly working hours (p<0.001), number of patients responsible in one shift (p<0.001), choosing profession willingly (p<0.001), satisfaction with the department (p<0.001) and the city of work (p<0.001).
Condusion: It is recommended to develop mental health protection programs suitable for risk factors in order to protect health workers from depressive symptoms during the pandemic process and to enable them to overcome this intense process with minimum damage.
Keywords
COVID-19; Depression; Health worker
