Abstract

Evaluation of Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Medical and Dental Students and Frontline Health Care Workers

Highlights

  • In December 2019, there was a cluster of pneumonia cases in the city of Wuhan, China

  • Anxiety, depression, anger, insomnia, frustration, fear of acquiring infection, confusion, irritability, and boredom associated with quarantine are the major psychological sequel of COVID-19 5

  • A recent study conducted among 1563 health care workers (HCWs) in China found that stress related symptoms are 73.4% while the statistics of depression, anxiety and insomnia are 50.7%, 44.7% and 36.1% respectively[7]

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Introduction

In December 2019, there was a cluster of pneumonia cases in the city of Wuhan, China. This virus can affect both humans and animals. Anxiety, depression, anger, insomnia, frustration, fear of acquiring infection, confusion, irritability, and boredom associated with quarantine are the major psychological sequel of COVID-19 5. A recent study conducted among 1563 HCWs in China found that stress related symptoms are 73.4% while the statistics of depression, anxiety and insomnia are 50.7%, 44.7% and 36.1% respectively[7]. The recent global crisis afflicted by Coronavirus has led to psychological consequences like anxiety, fear and insecurity among health care workers. We aimed to evaluate different p sychological sequel experienced by medical and dental students and frontline health workers during COVID-19 pandemic

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