Depression Among Healthcare Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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10.2991/ahsr.k.211130.047How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Depression; Healthcare workers; Pandemic; COVID-19

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers have important roles in clinical management. In carrying out this clinical management, a higher rate of depression also occurs in healthcare workers. The high level of depression in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic might be caused by an increase in workload, fear of being infected, violence and exclusion. This study aims to describe the phenomenon of depression in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research was conducted in April 2021 involving 419 healthcare workers, which were medical and non-medical personnels. In addition to collecting demographic data, participants also filled out an online questionnaire that measure depression using the Beck Depression Inventory-II, which was adapted into Indonesian language. The results showed that 16.5% of healthcare workers experienced symptoms of depression. Significantly higher rates of depression were experienced by healthcare workers who are under 30 years old, divorced, do not reside with their family and have non-medical professions.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nurul Salamah
AU  - Naomi Soetikno
AU  - Roswiyani Roswiyani
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/01
TI  - Depression Among Healthcare Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Tarumanagara International Conference on Medicine and Health (TICMIH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 277
EP  - 283
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.211130.047
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.211130.047
ID  - Salamah2021
ER  -