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Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar
On-line version ISSN 1561-3046
Abstract
SANTOS-ROSALES, Yuly; KU-CHUNG, Elia and CORREA-LOPEZ, Miriam. COVID-19 and its consequences on the physical, psychological and social health of obstetricians. Rev. cuban. med. mil. [online]. 2023, vol.52, n.1 Epub Mar 01, 2023. ISSN 1561-3046.
Introduction:
The COVID-19 pandemic has had effects on the health of health workers, including obstetricians, but the consequences in this occupational group are unknown.
Objective:
Determine the consequences of COVID-19 on the physical, psychological and social health of obstetricians in Peru.
Methods:
Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study, carried out on 511 attending obstetricians, in the first line of care. An online questionnaire, previously validated and reliable, was applied to measure the variables: general characteristics and exposure to COVID-19, physical health, psychological health, and social health. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Results:
468 (91.6%) obstetricians are women, 287 (56.2%) aged 40-59 years, 213 (41.7%) married, 292 (57.1%) working at the first level of care; 216 (42.3%) were infected with COVID-19, 165 (32.3%) had headache, 127 (24.9%) sore throat and 121 (23.7%) fatigue; 167 (77.3%) required outpatient treatment and 3 (1.3%) intensive care. Obesity reported by 102 (20.0%) obstetricians was the main comorbidity, followed by hypertension with 38 (7.4%) and diabetes with 14 (2.7%); 263 (51.5%) reported depressive symptoms and 464 (90.8%) stress; 238 (46.6%) felt discrimination and 118 (23.1%) carried the workload of the home alone.
Conclusions:
The physical, psychological and social health of obstetricians is affected by the pandemic; generates disorders of overweight/obesity, depression, stress; as well as discrimination and work overload at home.
Keywords : COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; obstetrics; midwives; mental health; social determinants of health; occupational health.