ISSN : 2146-3123
E-ISSN : 2146-3131

Perceived Need for Mental Health Services Among Healthcare Workers During the Coronavirus Disease-19 Pandemic in Turkey: A Multicenter Cross-sectional Study
Abdulsamet Sandal1, Dilek Karadoğan2, Tahsin Gökhan Telatar3, Abdurrahman Kotan2, Esin Bilgin Konyalıhatipoğlu2, Merve Yumrukuz Şenel4, Damla Karadeniz Güven5, Khurshud Hüseynova5, Burcu Yalçın6, Pelin Asfuroğlu7, Tuğba Ramaslı Gürsoy7, Tuğba Şişmanlar Eyüboğlu7, Fatma Gülsüm Karakaş8, Neslihan Köse9, Kaan Kara10, Selman Çelik11, Ceren İlgar12, Aycan Yüksel12, Neşe Merve Güner Zırıh2, İnci Selimoğlu2, Pınar Yıldız Gülhan13, Merve Erçelik14, Ahu Cerit Çakır15, Nazlı Çetin16, İlknur Kaya17, Selen Karaoğlanoğlu18, Feride Marım17, Ümran Özden Sertçelik19, Kübra Uyar Er2, Neslihan Özçelik2, Özlem Ataoğlu20, Ökkeş Gültekin21, Aslıhan Banu Er22, Metin Akgün23,24
1Clinic of Occupational Diseases, Ankara Gazi Mustafa Kemal Occupational and Environmental Diseases Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
2Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Turkey
3Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Turkey
4Clinic of Chest Diseases, Balıkesir State Hospital, Balıkesir, Turkey
5Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
6Clinic of Chest Diseases, Amasya Merzifon Karamustafa Paşa State Hospital, Amasya, Turkey
7Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
8Department of Chest Diseases, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, İstanbul, Turkey
9Clinic of Chest Diseases, Bilecik Training and Research Hospital, Bilecik, Turkey
10Clinic of Chest Diseases, Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
11Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Yeditepe University, İstanbul, Turkey
12Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ufuk University, Ankara, Turkey
13Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Düzce University, Düzce, Turkey
14Clinic of Chest Diseases, Afyonkarahisar Dinar State Hospital, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
15Clinic of Chest Diseases, İstanbul Bahçelievler State Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
16Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey
17Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Kütahya Health Sciences University, Kütahya, Turkey
18Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey
19Clinic of Chest Diseases, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
20Clinic of Chest Diseases, Düzce Atatürk State Hospital, Düzce, Turkey
21Clinic of Chest Diseases, Erzurum Oltu State Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey
22Clinic of Chest Diseases, Uşak University Training and Research Hospital, Uşak, Turkey
23Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
24Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University, Ağrı, Turkey
DOI : 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2023.2022-12-5
Pages : 262-270

Abstract

Background: The coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic has contributed to work-related psychosocial risks in healthcare workers.
Aims: To evaluate the perceived need for mental health services and related factors in Turkish healthcare workers  practicing in pandemic hospitals.
Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Methods: Data were collected from face-to-face interviews with healthcare workers at 19 pandemic hospitals in 13 provinces between September and November 2021. The study survey included the evaluation of the perceived need for and utilization of mental health services in the previous year, as well as sociodemographic, health-related, and work-related characteristics, the General Health Questionnaire-12, the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQoL-BREF) questionnaire, and the Fear of coronavirus disease-2019 scale (FCV-19S).
Results: Of 1,556 participants, 522 (33.5%) reported a perceived need for mental health services, but only 133 (8.5%) reported receiving these services. Multiple logistic regression analysis of the perceived need for mental health services revealed significant relationships with lower age, female sex, being a current smoker, having a chronic disease, having a mental disorder, coronavirus disease-2019 contact within the last three months in settings other than the home or workplace, a positive coronavirus disease-2019 vaccination history, being a physician, being a non-physician healthcare professional, and coronavirus disease-2019 contact within the last three months at work. After adjustment for these characteristics, higher General Health Questionnaire-12 and FCV-19S scores and lower WHOQoL-BREF domain scores were related to the perceived need for mental health services in logistic regression analyses.
Conclusion: The findings indicate a substantial need for mental health services amongst Turkish healthcare workers during the pandemic and outline participants’ characteristics regarding high-priority groups for the intervention. Future research may focus on developing actions and evaluating their efficiency.

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