Mental Health Adverse Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Care Workers in North West Ethiopia: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study

Background: The coronavirus has affected nearly every aspect of our lives Most importantly the health-care workers (HCWs) are under insurmountable psychological pressures which lead them to various mental health problems, such as anxiety, stress, and depression Objective: This study aimed to assess mental health adverse effects of COVID-19 pandemic on health-care workers in North West Ethiopia 2020 Materials and Methods: Institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted A simple random sampling technique was applied and 419 participants completed the questionnaire Mental health adverse effects were measured using the depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS-21) Data were entered into Epi data version 4 4 2 then exported to SPSS version 24 for analysis Descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate binary logistic regressions with odds ratios and 95% confidence interval were employed The level of significance of association was determined at a p-value < 0 05 Results: Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress in this study was 58 2%, 64 7%, and 63 7%, respectively Those who had a medical illness, and mental illness, contact with confirmed COVID-19 pts, and poor social support showed a statistically significant association with depression Female sex, participants who had families with chronic illness, had contact with confirmed COVID-19 case and poor social support had statistically significant association with anxiety, whereas participants who had families with chronic illness had contact with confirmed COVID-19 cases, and those participants who had poor social support were predictors of stress during COVID-19 pandemic Conclusion: The magnitudes of mental health problems were higher and the concerned body should emphasize the continuous assessment of the mental health of health-care workers during this pandemic