Psychological distress among healthcare professionals during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

Diverse clinical manifestations of the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19)

  • Irene A Kretchy Department of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46829/hsijournal.2022.6.3.1.283-284
Keywords: Mental health, psychological distress, burnout, resilience, medical laboratory professionals

Abstract

The paper from Ekem-Ferguson et al. captioned “The nexus of mental health and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) related duties among medical laboratory professionals: the mediating role of resilience” in this issue of the Journal is interesting reading. The work highlights the distress, burnout, and resilience among medical laboratory professionals (MLPs) during the COVID-19 pandemic and emphasizes the negative impacts of the pandemic on mental well-being.
While the study focused specifically on MLPs, this can be expanded to incorporate the high psychological and emotional challenges that have been magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic among the different cadre of healthcare professionals such as pharmacists, medical officers, nurses, psychologists and public health practitioners, especially those on the frontlines of the pandemic response efforts.

Published
2022-06-29
Issue
Vol 3 No 1 (2022): Health Sciences Investigations Journal 2022
Section
Commentary