TY - JOUR T1 - Depression and Anxiety in Healthcare Staffs in A Tertiary University Hospital in Luoyang, Henan Province: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study JF - bioRxiv DO - 10.1101/516153 SP - 516153 AU - Hao Wang AU - Xiaochun Qing AU - Li Li AU - Lijun Zhang AU - Jing Ruan AU - Xiaohua Niu AU - Xiaotian Liu AU - Ruge Wu AU - Jiangbo Li AU - Keke Fan AU - Xuewei Chang AU - Mingming Zhang AU - Lixia Li AU - Zhuo Zhang AU - Shouyan Zhang Y1 - 2019/01/01 UR - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2019/01/09/516153.abstract N2 - Mental health condition of medical professionals in China is under-recognized. The current study aimed to determine the prevalence of depression and anxiety among healthcare professionals and explore the potential influence factors.Method The study employed a cross-sectional design. All employees were surveyed in the first week of September 2017. General information included gender, age, workload, workplace violence, sleep quality and so on. Depression and anxiety were evaluated using PHQ-9 and GAD-7, respectively. SPSS 22.0 was used for data analysis. Logistic regression was conducted to explore risk factors contributed to metal health.Results A total of 1,950 questionnaires were delivered, and 1,864 were returned with a response rate of 95.6%. The prevalence of depression and anxiety were 24.1% and 28.9%. As for workload, the average number of beds in charge per month is 65.97±95.58 beds, among which internal medicine department and surgical department endure more workloads. Though workers in ER and ICU manage fewer beds, they bear the longest nonstop working length in the previous month (19.18±10.82 h). There were 78.0% had suffered WPV in the preceding year. Staffs in ER and ICU are at higher risk to physical violence, especially doctors. Regarding to sleep quality, only 9.2% participants reported that they sleep well. Logistic regression indicated that workplace violence and sleep quality were independent risk factors for both anxiety and depression.Conclusion The current study revealed the devastating conditions of mental disorders in medical workers and associated factors. Effective interventions are necessary to improve this situation. ER -