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[COVID-19 and Anxiety Amongst General Practitioners, Psychiatrists and Surgeons - A German Perspective]
Jens Bohlken1, Alexander Pabst1, Friedericke Schömig2
1Universität Leipzig, Medizinische Fakultät, Institut für Sozialmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin und Public Health (ISAP).
Objective:
The COVID-19 pandemic represents an exceptional challenge for the medical fraternity. We examined the differences in experiencing anxiety of general practitioners (GP), psychiatrists (PS) and surgeons (SU) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.
Methods:
E-mail-based survey (April-May 2020) of 608 physicians (GP n = 162, PS n = 299, SU n = 147) on anxiety experience in relation to COVID-19 and potential determinants.
Results:
High levels of COVID-19-related anxiety were reported by 31.1 % of GP, 19.2 % of PS, and 11.6 % of SU. The frequency of contact with COVID-19 patients was highest in SU (68.5 %), followed by GP (51.0 %) and PS (8.1 %). The experience of COVID-19-related distress was overall highest among GP. SU felt best informed and rated their resilience most highly. A high level of anxiety was positively associated with the perceived risk of infection.
Conclusion:
Studies on the distress of physicians provide important information to optimize pandemic management.
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