The Impact of Covid- 19 Pandemic on Mental Well-Being of Health Care Workers: A Multicenter Study

Nabila Hassan; Hina Akmal Memon; Noreen Hassan; Shobha Luxmi; Farhat Sultana

doi:10.26710/jbsee.v6i4.1426

Nabila Hassan Assistant Professor, OBGYN, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Pakistan
Hina Akmal Memon Women Medical Officer, OBGYN, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, (LUMHS), Jamshoro, Pakistan
Noreen Hassan Lecturer, Business Administration, Federal Urdu University of Arts and Technology, (FUUAST) Karachi, Pakistan
Shobha Luxmi Assistant Professor, Infectious disease, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Farhat Sultana Assistant Professor, OBGYN, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Pakistan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26710/jbsee.v6i4.1426

Keywords: Mental Well- Being, COVID-19, Fear of being infected, Anxiety

Abstract

The study determines the effect of fear of being infected on anxiety and influence of anxiety on the disturbance of their mental well-being and to analyze the indirect effect of anxiety between fear of being infected and mental well-being. Cross-Sectional study carried out in the months of November –December 2020, by conducting a survey from health care workers (Doctors, Nurses and Trainees) covering hospitals from the region of Hyderabad, Jamshoro and Karachi. Analysis of the data done using two-step method of Structural Equation Model (SEM) approach. The findings of the study supported the positive and negative relationship fear of being infected to anxiety and anxiety to mental wellbeing respectively. In addition, the indirect relationship of anxiety also supported. Numerous unanswered queries pertinent to COVID-19 pandemic, and dubious situation leads towards huge size of disturbance in the lives of health care workers across the globe, therefore literature entails the necessity for researchers to study various factors that could have influence on mental well-being of an individual . The majority of relevant literature focused on mental well-being is from China, Europe, USA and other developed countries, however, fewer studies focused on South Asian region in general, and Pakistan in particular. So, present study fills the gap to unearth the factors of well-being for Pakistani health care workers. Pakistan have so far lost the lives of 58 healthcare providers to COVID-19 in the country and still counting while 240 healthcare providers are hospitalized. So there is intense need to study effect of mental well-being on health care workers as there is a need to save the survivors.

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