Attributes of Distress Among Healthcare Workers Infected with COVID-19

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2021-09-08

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https://doi.org/10.54169/indjofclinicalpsychiatry.v1i01.17

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021): Indian Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

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  • Sujita Kumar Kar Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, U.P, India.
  • Akanksha Shankar Junior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, U.P, India.
  • Sudhir Kumar Verma Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, U.P, India.
  • Parul Verma Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Leprosy, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, U.P, India.
  • Rahul Kumar Additional Professor, Department of Pharmacology, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, U.P, India.
  • Suyash Dwivedi Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, U.P, India.
  • Anand Kumar Maurya Junior Resident, Department of Pharmacology, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, U.P, India.
  • Rajnish Kumar Junior Resident, Department of Orthopedics, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, U.P, India.

Abstract

Over the past year, the world has witnessed the devastating effect of COVID-19. As of by 5th January 2021, a total of 84,233,579 confirmed cases and 1,843,293 confirmed deaths had been reported globally, with a mortality rate of 2.188% [1]. As per an earlier report (by the first week of May 2020), more than 90,000 healthcare workers (HCWs) are infected with COVID-19 globally [2]. As the pandemic progressed, there is exponential increase in the number COVID infected HCWs, globally. By the first week of September 2020, only the American region accounted for 570,000 COVID infected HCWs with 2500 deaths among HCWs [3]. It indicated that the global figure of COVID infected HCWs to be huge by this time.

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Kar, S. K., Shankar, A., Verma, S. K., Verma, P., Kumar, R., Dwivedi, S., … Kumar, R. (2021). Attributes of Distress Among Healthcare Workers Infected with COVID-19. Indian Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.54169/indjofclinicalpsychiatry.v1i01.17

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