Anxiety and depressive symptoms among physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study.
M Tasdik HasanSahadat HossainFarhana SafaAfifa AnjumAbid Hasan KhanKamrun Nahar KolySyeda Fatema AlamMd Abdur RafiVivek PodderTonima Islam TrisaRhedeya Nury NodiDewan Tasnia AzadFatema AshrafS M Quamrul AktherHelal Uddin AhmedSimon RosenbaumGraham ThornicroftPublished in: Global mental health (Cambridge, England) (2022)
This study identifies a real concern about the prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms among Bangladeshi physicians and identifies several associated factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the vulnerability of the physicians in this extraordinary period whilst they are putting their own lives at risk to help people infected by COVID-19, health authorities should address the psychological needs of medical staff and formulate effective strategies to support vital frontline health workers.