Study: Medics attending to Covid-19 patients suffering depression
A health worker talks to visitors at a Covid-19 testing centre in Sydney on March 23, 2020. Health workers attending to coronavirus patients are reporting high rates of depression and anxiety, a new study has shown. PHOTO | PETER PARKS | AFP
What you need to know:
From the findings, 50 per cent of the workers showed depression signs.
The study which examined the mental health outcomes of 1,257 workers attending to Covid-19 patients.
The situation is likely to be the same in all the countries which have reported the outbreak, Kenya included.
Health workers attending to coronavirus patients are reporting high rates of depression and anxiety, a new study has shown.
The study published Sunday in the Journal of the American Medical Association said that the health workers are risking their mental health to attend to patients.
