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Perceived stress among physician parents during COVID-19 pandemic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

N. Regaieg ,
D. Ben Touhemi ,
A. Fayala ,
J. Boudabous ,
W. Kammoun ,
K. Khemakhem ,
I. Hadj Kacem ,
H. Ayadi  and
Y. Moalla
N. Regaieg*
Affiliation:
Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, Sfax, Tunisia
D. Ben Touhemi
Affiliation:
Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, Sfax, Tunisia
A. Fayala
Affiliation:
Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, Sfax, Tunisia
J. Boudabous
Affiliation:
Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, Sfax, Tunisia
W. Kammoun
Affiliation:
Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, Sfax, Tunisia
K. Khemakhem
Affiliation:
Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, Sfax, Tunisia
I. Hadj Kacem
Affiliation:
Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, Sfax, Tunisia
H. Ayadi
Affiliation:
Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, Sfax, Tunisia
Y. Moalla
Affiliation:
Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, Sfax, Tunisia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Stress among physician parents is still poorly studied, especially during the SARS-COV-2 pandemic.

Objectives

To describe the stress of being both a doctor and a parent during COVID-19 epidemic.

Methods

It was a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study, carried out on google drive in March 2021, and relating to 93 Tunisian medical parents. We used a questionnaire containing the parents’ personal and professional data as well as the perceived stress scale (PSS10).

Results

The majority of parents (94.7%) were women. The average age was 34.43 years old. The average age of marriage was 29.6 years for men and 25.4 years for women. The majority of parents (89.4%) had one or two children and 70.2% were satisfied with their relationship with their children. On another side, 71.3% of doctors had to provide on duty services in the hospital, with 44.1% providing 3-4 on-calls per month, while 69% were providing on duty services in the COVID units. The average PSS score was 22.6. The distribution of scores indicated medium and high stress level in respectively 84.9% and 14% of parents. Furthermore, the PSS score was negatively correlated with the marriage age (p = 0.046, r = -0.2). On the other hand, no association was observed with the children number nor with the satisfaction of the relationship with his child.

Conclusions

It follows from our study that stress among physician parents is at a fairly high level. Managing this stress during a pandemic is not easy and requires the activation of several defense mechanisms.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

physician parentsCovid-19Perceived stress
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S485 - S486
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