Nairobi, March 30 -- Health workers attending to coronavirus patients are reporting high rates of depression and anxiety, a new study has shown.
The study published Sunday in the Journal of the American Medical Association said that the health workers are risking their mental health to attend to patients.
The study which examined the mental health outcomes of 1,257 workers attending to Covid-19 patients in 34 hospitals in China revealed that a large proportion of them are showing depression symptoms.
From the findings, 50 per cent of the workers showed depression signs, anxiety (45 per cent), insomnia (34 per cent), and psychological distress (71.5 per cent).
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