Research Article

Evaluation of mood disorders in healthcare workers working in COVID-19 services/polyclinics and their first-degree relatives

Volume: 7 Number: 3 May 30, 2025
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Evaluation of mood disorders in healthcare workers working in COVID-19 services/polyclinics and their first-degree relatives

Abstract

Aims: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the entire world; however, certain individuals and groups have been affected more significantly or are at a higher risk. Among these groups are medical workers, who face unique challenges. In addition to the physical consequences of the pandemic, there have been notable psychological effects. This study aims to examine the prevalence of emotional disorders in healthcare personnel working in COVID-19 services and polyclinics, as well as in their first-degree relatives. Methods: This study was conducted in 2022 on COVID-19 Service Personnel at Ufuk University Hospital and their firstdegree relatives. It included doctors, nurses, and auxiliary medical personnel who worked in either COVID-19 services or polyclinics, along with their non-medical first-degree relatives. In total, 375 participants were surveyed. The survey consisted of three sections: socio-demographic information, the short symptom inventory, and the short form for Burnout scale. The Mann-Whitney U test and the Kruskal-Wallis test were utilized for data analysis, with a p-value of <0.05 considered statistically significant. Results: The scores for somatization, obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS), interpersonal sensitivity (IS), depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety (PA), paranoid ideation (PI), psychoticism, additional items (AI), sum of symptoms (SS), discomfort severity index (DSI), symptom discomfort index (SDI), and Burnout Scale were significantly higher among doctors compared to other groups. Auxiliary medical workers had the second highest scores, followed by nurses, while the non-medical control group had significantly lower scores than all medical personnel groups. It was observed that psychiatric symptoms and burnout were significantly higher among medical workers at all levels compared to their relatives in other professions. Conclusion: Our study concludes that the pandemic has psychologically affected medical workers more than individuals in other professions, with doctors being the most affected group.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Emergency Medicine, Stress

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

May 30, 2025

Submission Date

March 6, 2025

Acceptance Date

March 26, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 7 Number: 3

APA
Şahin, B., Evrin, T., Gül, A., Jaradat, Ö., Katipoğlu, B., & Dolu, Z. (2025). Evaluation of mood disorders in healthcare workers working in COVID-19 services/polyclinics and their first-degree relatives. Anatolian Current Medical Journal, 7(3), 278-282. https://doi.org/10.38053/acmj.1652714
AMA
1.Şahin B, Evrin T, Gül A, Jaradat Ö, Katipoğlu B, Dolu Z. Evaluation of mood disorders in healthcare workers working in COVID-19 services/polyclinics and their first-degree relatives. Anatolian Curr Med J / ACMJ / acmj. 2025;7(3):278-282. doi:10.38053/acmj.1652714
Chicago
Şahin, Burak, Togay Evrin, Ahmet Gül, Ömer Jaradat, Burak Katipoğlu, and Zafer Dolu. 2025. “Evaluation of Mood Disorders in Healthcare Workers Working in COVID-19 Services Polyclinics and Their First-Degree Relatives”. Anatolian Current Medical Journal 7 (3): 278-82. https://doi.org/10.38053/acmj.1652714.
EndNote
Şahin B, Evrin T, Gül A, Jaradat Ö, Katipoğlu B, Dolu Z (May 1, 2025) Evaluation of mood disorders in healthcare workers working in COVID-19 services/polyclinics and their first-degree relatives. Anatolian Current Medical Journal 7 3 278–282.
IEEE
[1]B. Şahin, T. Evrin, A. Gül, Ö. Jaradat, B. Katipoğlu, and Z. Dolu, “Evaluation of mood disorders in healthcare workers working in COVID-19 services/polyclinics and their first-degree relatives”, Anatolian Curr Med J / ACMJ / acmj, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 278–282, May 2025, doi: 10.38053/acmj.1652714.
ISNAD
Şahin, Burak - Evrin, Togay - Gül, Ahmet - Jaradat, Ömer - Katipoğlu, Burak - Dolu, Zafer. “Evaluation of Mood Disorders in Healthcare Workers Working in COVID-19 Services Polyclinics and Their First-Degree Relatives”. Anatolian Current Medical Journal 7/3 (May 1, 2025): 278-282. https://doi.org/10.38053/acmj.1652714.
JAMA
1.Şahin B, Evrin T, Gül A, Jaradat Ö, Katipoğlu B, Dolu Z. Evaluation of mood disorders in healthcare workers working in COVID-19 services/polyclinics and their first-degree relatives. Anatolian Curr Med J / ACMJ / acmj. 2025;7:278–282.
MLA
Şahin, Burak, et al. “Evaluation of Mood Disorders in Healthcare Workers Working in COVID-19 Services Polyclinics and Their First-Degree Relatives”. Anatolian Current Medical Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, May 2025, pp. 278-82, doi:10.38053/acmj.1652714.
Vancouver
1.Burak Şahin, Togay Evrin, Ahmet Gül, Ömer Jaradat, Burak Katipoğlu, Zafer Dolu. Evaluation of mood disorders in healthcare workers working in COVID-19 services/polyclinics and their first-degree relatives. Anatolian Curr Med J / ACMJ / acmj. 2025 May 1;7(3):278-82. doi:10.38053/acmj.1652714

 

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