Psychological distress and burnout among healthcare worker during COVID-19 pandemic in India-A cross-sectional study.
Geetha R MenonJeetendra YadavSumit AggarwalRavinder SinghSimran KaurTapas ChakmaMurugesan PeriyasamyChitra VenkateswaranPrashant Kumar SinghRakesh BalachandarRagini KulkarniAshoo GroverBijaya Kumar MishraMaribon VirayKangjam Rekha DeviK H Jitenkumar SinghK B SahaP V BardeBeena ThomasChandra SureshDhanalakshmi ABasilea WatsonPradeep SelvarajGladston XavierDenny JohnJaideep MenonSairu PhilipGeethu MathewAlice DavidRaman Swathy VamanAbey SushanShalini SinghKiran JakharAsha KetharamRanjan Kumar PrustyJugal KishoreU VenkateshSubrata KumarSrikanta KanungoKrushna SahooSwagatika SwainAnniesha LyngdohJochanan DiengdohPhibawan SyiemliehAbuHasan SarkarGajanan VelhalSwapnil KharnareDeepika NandanwarM Vishnu Vardhana RaoSamiran PandaPublished in: PloS one (2022)
The study has identified key factors that could have been likely triggers for psychological distress among healthcare workers who were engaged in management of COVID cases in India. The study also demonstrates the use of GHQ-5 and ICMR-NIOH Burnout questionnaire as important tools to identify persons at risk of psychological distress and occurrence of burnout symptoms respectively. The findings provide useful guide to planning interventions to mitigate mental health problems among HCW in future epidemic/pandemic scenarios in the country.