Stress and psychological resilience among general surgery residents during COVID-19 pandemic

To evaluate the impact of coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic and its consequences on general surgery residents. Methods: Cross-sectional, survey based study including surgical residents in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kingdom of Bahrain. Surgical trainees who participated in our survey (n=234) were y...

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Published in:	Saudi medical journal Vol. 41; no. 12; pp. 1344 - 1349
Main Authors:	Aljehani, Yasser M, Othman, Sharifah A, Telmesani, Nosibah K, Alghamdi, Raghad A, AlBuainain, Hussah M, Alghamdi, Zeead M, Zakaria, Hazem M, Alreshaid, Farouk T, Busbait, Saleh A, Alqarzaie, Abdullah A, Alharbi, Turki M, Alnajim, Ruba K
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Saudi Arabia Saudi Medical Journal 01-12-2020 Prince Sultan Military Medical City (PSMMC)
Subjects:	Adult Anxiety - diagnosis Anxiety - epidemiology Anxiety - etiology Anxiety disorders Bahrain - epidemiology Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 - epidemiology COVID-19 - psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Epidemics Female General Surgery - education Health aspects Health care Health Surveys Humans Intensive care Internship and Residency Likert scale Male Mental health Occupational stress Occupational Stress - diagnosis Occupational Stress - epidemiology Occupational Stress - etiology Original Pandemics Post traumatic stress disorder Psychological aspects Psychotherapy Questionnaires Residents (Medicine) Resilience (Personality trait) Resilience, Psychological Respiratory diseases Saudi Arabia - epidemiology Surgeons Surgeons - education Surgeons - psychology Training Saudi Arabia Bahrain
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Summary:	To evaluate the impact of coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic and its consequences on general surgery residents. Methods: Cross-sectional, survey based study including surgical residents in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kingdom of Bahrain. Surgical trainees who participated in our survey (n=234) were young (mean age 28), single (53.8%), and males (65.8%). Approximately half (50.4%) have been deployed to cover the staff shortage in intensive care units (ICUs) or emergency departments (EDs). Half of our trainees (117) scored positive in the screening tool of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). There was a significant association between experiencing anxiety and male gender (p=0.055), level of training (p=0.002), deployment to cover ICUs (p=0.050), testing positive for COVID-19 (p=0.054) and having an infected family member (p=0.004). Coronavirus-19 pandemic has a serious effect on all healthcare workers and surgical residents have experienced a considerable amount of stress. Accordingly, this psychological burden should be appropriately addressed in organizations planning strategies. We suggest formulating guidelines to help surgical trainees to continue their learning process with least psychological burden.
ISSN:	0379-5284 1658-3175
DOI:	10.15537/smj.2020.12.25577