Factors of Mental Health Issues and Its Impacts on Health Care Professionals during Different Waves of Covid-19 in Karachi
Keywords:
Mental health factors, Anxiety, Depression, insomnia, HRH policiesAbstract
Covid-19 had exaggerated millions of lives and proved fatal for hundreds of thousands in approximately more than 200 countries, including Pakistan, as per WHO report. “Outbreak had brought 36O degree angle change in all walks of life, and the most affected beat was Health Care Professionals, parting them most vulnerable”. From the fear of catching virus to long job hours, combating short medical supplies, till carrying personal issues in mind such as family concerns and job loss, had mutually contributed to generating mental stress, depression, and psychological disorders among Health-Care Professionals, resulted in making their life miserable. Situation was even same in Pakistan’s scenario, but worst in megacities like Karachi, where influx of COVID-19 cases was beyond imagination, with the availability of low number of Health Care Professionals, causing mental and physical stress among Health Care Professionals. Growing mental health issues among Health Care Professionals, in Pakistan was an issue of prime importance, referring the need to address the issue of high rate of mental health issues among Health Care Professionals, in Pakistan, during different waves of COVID-19 especially in megacity like Karachi.
As data related to active factors influencing mental health among Health Care Professionals during different waves of COVID-19,was not readily available, the research required to collect data through primary research, in order to obtain result orientated data, Primary research was conducted, using convenient and snowball sampling, where sample size was 250.
Consequently, this research was intended to discover the factors of mental health issues on Health Care Professionals, during different waves of COVID-19 in Karachi because there was a need to mark specific interventions aimed at mitigating adverse psychological of pandemic while increasing well being among Health Care Professionals.
