Abstract
Objectives: The present study was planned to estimate the prevalence and pattern of physical symptoms and to identify the association between demographic, clinical variables, and physical symptoms with mental health status. Methods: Medical and nursing professionals involved in COVID-19 care in a tertiary care hospital were invited to participate in a cross-sectional study using a self-administered online questionnaire within the period from November 2020 to February 2021. This online questionnaire collected information on demographic variables, clinical variables, and physical symptoms prevalence in the past month and the responses to the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) instrument. The association between demographic, clinical variables, and physical symptoms with mental health was evaluated by linear regression. Results: A total of 143 participated with the mean age of 41.82±7.26 years. IES-R scale which measured psychological impacts showed a mean score of 17.35±12.53 and most of the participants 97 (67.8%) had minimal psychological impact. However, the presence of physical symptom (anxiety) and coming in contact with suspected or infected materials predicted higher psychological impact and showed statistically significant association (p=0.001). Conclusion: One-third of the study participants showed psychological impact ranging from mild-to-moderate grade. This shows that mental health issues are on the rise which is often underdiagnosed, need to be focused, and plan interventions by policy makers.
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