Prevalence of Stress, Anxiety And Depression Among Health Care Professionals, The Contributing Factors And The Coping Strategies Adopted During Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

It is common that, struggle with stressful situations at the workplace especially in case of health care professionals. A variety of fields, positions, and exposure risks are reporting stress, anxiety, depression and sleep problems among health care professionals during the covid-19 pandemic. The factors contributing to this may vary but for those on the frontline, in particular, a lack of opportunity to adequately rest and sleep is likely related to extremely high burdens of job, and a lack of personal protective equipment or training may aggravate mental health impacts. These mental disturbances deleteriously affect each dimension of health among health care professionals if it is left unsupported. This affects work by reducing self-confidence, increasing absenteeism, decreasing work-output and increasing staff turnover rates. It is very important that to supply PPE and well-scheduled duty roaster for adequate rest in the face of enduring disasters like Covid-19. Literature reviews depicted that, by adopting coping strategies like mindful techniques, counselling, online support, healthy lifestyle measures and exercise could address the stressful condition to a greater extend. Application of internet services, technology and social media have an important role to curb the issues in future pandemics.