EXPLORE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT OF HEALTH PROVIDER DURING LOCKDOWN OF HOSPITALS IN DHAKA CITY

Abstract

Background Within a little period of time, the Covid-19 pandemic took the shape an emergency. Health workers were suffering from mental imbalance during the lockdown in Bangladesh. The scare of infection and the lockdown system changed a lot in the daily life of healthcare providers in Dhaka city. The aim of this study is in discover the psychological influence the disease of COVID-19, particularly factors in the hazardous of mental stress, anxiety, loneliness and depression. Methods The study, conducted with a sample of 588 subjects distributed by eighteen hospitals in Dhaka city, allowed us to collect information about the health provider's findings on the psychological impact of the health provider during the lockdown of hospitals in Dhaka city. Results This investigation show that more than half of the sample considered among the healthcare providers in Dhaka city hospitals had levels of stress, depression and anxiety. Depression and anxiety depend significantly on the healthcare providers of Dhaka city hospitals for a number of reasons. These include fear of Covid-19, excessive compulsive work stress, job insecurity, helplessness, anxiety about family members, salary deduction etc. Conclusions We conclude that the lockdown system had a very strong psychological effect on the healthcare providers in Dhaka city. During the lockdown in Bangladesh, health workers were suffering from mental imbalance. This finding showed that aloneness, sadness, anxiousness and difficulty sleeping were among health providers during lockdown. Although they have been able to overcome this situation to a great extent at the present time.