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Acta Med 2025; 23 (6)

Depression, anxiety and suicide risk in anesthesiologists in Mexico City during the COVID-19 pandemic

Flores VJM, Cortés HT

Language: Spanish
References: 18
Page: 508-513
PDF size: 262.67 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: the COVID-19 pandemic brought about a series of global changes, with a particular impact on the medical field, especially on mental health. It is well known that, due to the nature of their work, anesthesiologists are at a higher risk of developing such disorders. Objective: to determine whether the pandemic had an impact on the mental health of Mexican anesthesiologists, evaluating the increase in the index of depression, anxiety, and suicidal risk. Material and methods: this was carried out by applying questionnaires to medical anesthesiologists; a non-probabilistic sample was obtained at the convenience of voluntary participation. The Beck depression assessment, Zung anxiety scale, and Plutchik's high-risk suicide scale were applied. It was considered a statistically significant difference with a value of p < 0.05. Results: the total group was 150 medical anesthesiologists, of which 78% direct care for patients with COVID-19. Only 18 doctors had a previous diagnosis of mental illness. 84% showed that they had some alteration in mental health, 40% depression, 64% anxiety and 20% suicidal risk. Conclusion: the pandemic increased the incidence of depression, anxiety and suicidal risk in medical anesthesiologists, also increasing the use of psychoactive.


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