Psychosocial status during the prevalence of COVID-19 disease: the comparison between healthcare workers and general population

Zakeri, Mohammad Ali; Hossini Rafsanjanipoor, Sayed Mortaza; Sedri, Nadia; Kahnooji, Mahmood; Sanji Rafsanjani, Mojtaba; Zakeri, Maryam; Zakeri Bazmandeh, Abbas; Talebi, Ali; Dehghan, Mahlagha

The prevalence of COVID-19 disease continues to be a significant psychosocial status among health care workers (HCWs) and the general population worldwide. This cross sectional study aimed to compare the psychosocial status between healthcare workers and general population during the prevalence of COVID-19 disease in southeast Iran. Totally 415 health care workers of a medical service center for COVID-19 patients and 1023 people of general population participated in the study. An online socio-demographic characteristics questionnaire, General Health Questionnaire (GHQ −28), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) were utilized to evaluate psychosocial status. According to GHQ, the psychological disorders of the HCWs were significantly higher than that of the general population (P < 0.001). According to GAD-7, no significant difference was found between general population and HCWs. Multivariate logistic analysis showed no difference between general population and HCWs in the psychological disorder. Although HCWs suffered from psychological disorders more than general population, nearly one third to half of the participants in both groups had psychosocial disorders.