DETERMINATION OF THE PREVALENCE OF ANXIETY-DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS AMONG DOCTORS IN ODESA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/health-2024.2.34Keywords:
mental disorders, anxiety, depression, phobias, violence, doctors.Abstract
Physicians are vulnerable to mental disorders such as anxiety and depression due to high levels of occupational stress. An unfavourable mental state of doctors can interfere with their professional activities and affect the quality of medical care. These problems will inevitably have a negative impact on the health of patients. Therefore, interest in the psychological well-being of doctors has recently increased, which calls for further research into the factors that affect doctors’ mental health. The first survey report provided evidence of the impact of the war on the mental health of the Ukrainian population as of March 2022, when researchers reported that 53% of Ukrainian adults experienced serious mental disorders, 54% experienced anxiety and 47% experienced depression. The aim of our study was to conduct screening surveys among Ukrainian doctors to assess the prevalence of anxiety and depression as of December 2023. We interviewed 56 doctors who attended an offline event in Odesa. The doctors were given anonymous questionnaires for screening anxiety and depressive disorders, namely the Depression Questionnaire (PHQ-9), the GAD-7, and the IAPT Phobia Scale. The respondents included primary and secondary care physicians. Most of them were general practitioners (n=16; 28.57%), endocrinologists (n=11; 19.64%), cardiologists (n=9; 16.07%), and pediatricians (n=8; 14.29%). The vast majority of respondents, namely 36 (64.29%), believed that they did not have a TR or CR. 12 doctors in Odesa region did not have depression, 26 doctors were screened for mild depressive disorder. The majority of doctors had minimal or moderate manifestations of anxiety disorder, namely 20 (35.71%) and 22 (39.29%) doctors, respectively. More significant manifestations of anxiety were observed in 8 and 6 doctors, respectively. We did not find any correlation between the number of respondents and the severity of anxiety and depression manifestations associated with gender, age, or medical speciality. The doctors had phobias in various manifestations, namely 18 doctors definitely avoided situations that would have a trigger factor, and 10 and 16 doctors would noticeably or always avoid such situations. Doctors of different specialties should have self-help skills in dealing with stress to prevent anxiety and depressive disorders and emotional burnout.
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