International Journal of Clinical Research

Objective To investigate and intervene in the psychological health status of medical staff in infectious disease hospitals. Methods Three medical staff from three districts of our hospital were selected to form three teams for infectious disease prevention and control. Medical staff from January 2021 to December 2022 were selected, with a total of 120 valid data. The Generalized Anxiety Scale (GAD-7), Self Rating Depression Scale (PHQ-9), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were used to screen and evaluate the mental health of medical staff. The team was randomly divided into two groups based on the roster of single and even numbers, with single numbers as the experimental group and even numbers as the control group. The experimental group received group psychotherapy intervention and individual psychological counseling, while the control group received routine care services. Six months later, the two groups were evaluated again using three different scales to compare the data between the experimental group and the control group, as well as the changes in data before and after the evaluation of the experimental group and the control group, and to conduct a difference test. Results Among 120 medical staff, the number of abnormal cases in the experimental group was lower than that in the control group; The scores of anxiety, depression, and sleep in the two groups were lower within the intervention group compared to before the intervention, P＜0.05; After intervention, the experimental group was lower than the control group in inter group comparison, P＜0.05; There was no statistically significant difference in the scale scores of the control group patients before and after intervention (P>0.05). Conclusion The mental health status of medical staff in infectious disease hospitals is not optimistic. Timely understanding and awareness of the physical and mental health problems of medical staff, taking targeted measures to maintain their mental health, can effectively improve their anxiety, depression, and PSQI scores.

Infectious disease hospital; Medical personnel; Mental health; Investigation and intervention