Research on the psychological status of medical staff during the COVID-19 epidemic in China: A longitudinal study

Abstract

An online questionnaire, including the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), was used to assess the psychological status of medical staff in Wuhan during the COVID-19 epidemic. Lasso-Logistic regression analysis was performed to analyze the risk factors of abnormal psychological status (anxiety or depression). 36.6% of the study subjects experienced anxiety, and 41.5% experienced depression. Female (OR [odds ratio] = 7.22, 95% CI [confidence interval]: 0.58–89.33), basic diseases (OR = 17.95, 95% CI: 1.59–202.49), suspected exposure history (OR = 9.63, 95% CI: 1.40–66.29), smoking (OR = 6.07, 95% CI: 0.38–96.78) were risk factors for anxiety. Female (OR = 5.00, 95% CI: 0.45–55.91), basic diseases (OR = 37.19, 95% CI: 2.70–512.73), suspected exposure history (OR = 5.10, 95% CI: 0.78–33.10), drinking wine (OR = 6.27, 95% CI: 0.38–103.85) were risk factors for depression. The results of the re-sampling evaluation after 2 years showed that some medical staff still showed anxiety (42.4%) and depression (27.3%), and the proportion of females was higher. Early intervention should be carried out, and short-term and long-term intervention plans should be formulated.