COVID-19–ՈՎ ՀԻՎԱՆԴՆԵՐԻՆ ՄԱՍՆԱԳԻՏԱԿԱՆ ՕԳՆՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ ՑՈՒՑԱԲԵՐԱԾ ԲՈՒԺԱՇԽԱՏՈՂՆԵՐԻ ՀՈԳԵԿԱՆ ՎԻՃԱԿԸ ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆՈՒՄ / MENTAL HEALTH OF MEDICAL WORKERS PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL CARE TO PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 IN THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

Abstract

In these difficult days, the "white army", doctors and paramedics, perform the most important, responsible work with a number of risks, fighting for the lives of people on the front line. The article represents the types of emotional temperament of medical personnel working in various medical institutions of the Republic of Armenia providing professional aid to patients infected with COVID-19. As a result of the study we revealed the following data: 56 per cent of respondents showed an immature type of emotional temperament, that is the way to develop a predisposition to depressive, manic, psychopathological emotional reaction, which can be already found in the clinical picture of the spectrum of affective disorders. Only about 4% had a mature type of emotional temperament. In addition, 75% of doctors and medical staff working in various medical institutions of the Republic of Armenia had an average aggressiveness, 25% has a decrease in working capacity, and 28% had difficulties with communication due to irregular working conditions because the epidemic. Thus, in order to prevent the above-mentioned negative phenomena among doctors and medical staff, it is necessary to ensure a high level of organization of work in medical institutions, particularly, the organization of medical-psychological care, which will lead to a reduction of poor mental conditions in the crisis time.