Anxiety and Depression Disorders Among Health Workers in COVID and Non-COVID Wards of Sanglah Hospital

This study investigated anxiety and depression among 188 health workers at Sanglah Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. It found that 3.7% of participants had mild mood disorders, 1.1% had clinical depression, and 0.5% had severe depression. Interestingly, health workers not directly dealing with COVID patients had a higher depression rate (2.04%) compared to those with direct contact (1.4%). Anxiety was present in 18.1% of participants, with the highest levels in nurses (20.8%) and those working in Non-COVID wards (24.5%). The study concluded that occupation was significantly associated with depression (p=0.044), and there was a notable association between anxiety and work station (p=0.064).