Publication date: Sep 12, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic affected frontline Healthcare Workers (HCWs) immensely, subjecting them to extreme psychological distress. The current study assesses the burnout, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and resilience levels among HCWs and analyses the efficacy of institutional mental health interventions. A cross-sectional longitudinal study design that combined quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews was employed. There were 500 HCWs from public hospitals, private hospitals, primary healthcare centres, and emergency response teams who took part. Validated measures included the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), PTSD Checklist (PCL-5), and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). Descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, t-tests, and logistic regression were used in data analysis. Psychological distress was common, with 42. 5 % burnout, 35. 2 % anxiety, 29. 8 % depression, and 21. 4 % PTSD. Long hours (OR = 1. 85, p
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Covid | COVID-19 |
| Hospitals | Healthcare workers |
| Interviews | Mental health services |
| Pandemic | Occupational stress |
| Quantitative | Psychological |
| Psychological distress | |
| Resilience |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 pandemic |
| disease | MESH | psychological distress |
| disease | MESH | burnout |
| disease | MESH | anxiety |
| disease | MESH | depression |
| disease | MESH | PTSD |
| disease | MESH | emergency |
| disease | MESH | Anxiety Disorder |
| disease | MESH | Occupational stress |