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| Year : 2023 | Volume
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Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices of health care professionals working in jumbo COVID care center towards mental health care needs: A cross sectional survey
Neelam N Andrade1, Minal Madhukar Kshirsagar2, Tanvi Andrade3, Vaibhav V Bandgar4, Sandeep Pimpale5, Ankush Chavan1
1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Public Health Dentistry, Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3 Department of Orthodontics, Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
4 Department of Prosthodontics, Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
5 Department of Periodontics, Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Minal Madhukar Kshirsagar
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/abr.abr_295_20
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Background: The present COVID-19 pandemic is a major threat worldwide. Health professionals being within the front line of the COVID-19 outbreak response are at the highest risk of getting infected. Such pandemics are always associated with ill effects on mental health also.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study included all the health care professionals working in the Jumbo COVID Care Center, Mumbai. Details of health care professionals were obtained from the authority of Jumbo COVID Care Center, Mumbai. Amongst 350 health care professionals, 285 responded (Response rate: 81.42%). A questionnaire, consisting of 19 structured, self-administered, and closed-ended questions, was employed online, and information regarding age, gender, profession, etc., was collected. It was then tabulated and subjected further to an analysis.
Results: Most health care professionals (96.1%) were aware that COVID-19 is not only affecting physical but mental health too, also posts on social media (86.3%) are affecting mental health more than the actual disease. A total of 95.8% agreed that health care/frontline workers are at the highest risk and felt the need for psychiatrists in the present pandemic. (81.4%) They were also worried thinking about elderly people with comorbidities in their homes. (82.1%).
Conclusion: From the present study, it can be concluded that the present pandemic is affecting not only physical but mental health also, and there is an increased need for psychiatrists and mental health care professionals to overcome the same.
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