ANALYZING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN PAKISTAN

Abstract

However, on the sideways definite physical health, the conceivable impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental and emotional wellness should be paid attention too. Although recent research has shown that a major disaster's emotional effect had a greater and longer impact than the physical injury on health professionals. The study objectives were to assess the psychological impact in addition to associated factors during Covid -19 pandemic on health professionals in Pakistan.The Cochran formula constituted a 200 with a 95% confidence interval sample with a 5% precision error. The online survey was conducted by sending emails and a google survey by using the purposive sampling technique. Respondent provided information on gender, age, province of residency, marital status, children's number, family earnings and service life. Impact of Event Scale-Revised (22item)and Depression Anxiety and stress Scale (DASS) were used.The study showed that Depression, anxiety and stress scale have a positive correlation with perceived health status, which is rated into (0-10), p<.05. In comparison, the impactof the event scale was revised to have a positive association with a significant change in daily life, p > .05. Pakistani healthcare workers and nurses who are more vulnerable than other peoples, during COVID-19 pandemic had major psychological impact. Our findings revealed that psychological factors of i-e, depression, anxiety, and stress had a positive association with perceived health status and significant change in those health professionals' daily lives and the impact of post-traumatic events in everyday life.