%0 Journal Article %T Anxiety and Stress Seem Temporary during the Pneumonia COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey on the Mental Health Status of Healthcare Workers %J Bulletin of Emergency And Trauma %I Shiraz University of Medical Sciences %Z 2322-2522 %A Abdolrahimzadeh fard, Hossein %A Borazjani, Roham %A Shams, Amir Hossein %A Rezaee, Vala %A Aminnia, Shiva %A Salimi, Maryam %A Ahadi, Mahsa %A Paydar, Shahram %A Bolandparvaz, Shahram %A Rabiei, Nikta %A Zare, Sanaz %A Shayan, Leila %A Sadeghi, Mina %D 2022 %\ 07/01/2022 %V 10 %N 3 %P 128-134 %! Anxiety and Stress Seem Temporary during the Pneumonia COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey on the Mental Health Status of Healthcare Workers %K Anxiety %K Stress %K Pneumonia %K COVID-19 %K Pandemic %K Healthcare workers %R 10.30476/beat.2022.94720.1344 %X Objective: To evaluate the presence/severity of depression, anxiety, and stress among health care workers(HCWs) who work on the specially allocated COVID-19 ward (Group A) and HCWs on the other wards(Group B).Methods: This questionnaire-based study was conducted from January 25 to February 28, 2021. The mentalstatus was assessed using the Persian version of the 42-item Depression, Anxiety, and Stress score (DASS-42).Gathered data was analyzed using SPSS version 25. The independent T-test and Chi-square tests were used tocompare quantitative and qualitative variables.Results: Two-hundred and twenty two questionnaires were eligible for analysis. Group A consisted of 33HCWs, and 189 (85.1%) individuals were working on the other wards. No statistically significant differenceswere seen regarding the Socio-demographic features except for the marital status (p=0.005). The depressions’mean score was comparable between group A and B (p=0.102). The mean scores of anxiety and stress weresignificantly lower in group A than group B (p=0.006), although the frequency of DASS-42 parameters did notdiffer between these two groups (p>0.05).Conclusion: Contrary to our assumptions, this study showed that the DASS-42 parameters were not higher inHCWs working on the COVID-19 wards. This might be justified by developing coping mechanisms, being onthe honeymoon phase of the disaster, compassion satisfaction, promising vaccine news, and working on theless impacted hospital. %U https://beat.sums.ac.ir/article_48550_3cc5e2b3b52566eb3a5c366b09bf339c.pdf