Contributory Factors of Physical and Mental Health of Medical Staff in Fever Clinic Under COVID-19 Pandemic and Intervention Effect of Balanced Acupoints Massage
Abstract:Objective:To analyzed the contributory factors of the physical and mental health of medical staff in fever clinic under the COVID-19 pandemic, and observe the intervention effect of balanced acupoints massage on the physical and mental health of medical staff. Methods:A total of 170 medical staff were divided into in the blank group and the treatment group, with 60 and 110 cases in each group. The blank group was not given any intervention,and the treatment group was treated with balanced acupoints massage. According to the total treatment days, the treatment group was further divided into the lowfrequency treatment group (treatment days<20) and the high-frequency treatment group (treatment days≥ 20) to observe the intervention effect of balanced acupoints massage. Baseline data such as age, gender and position of medical staff were collected. The scores of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Self- Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) were compared among the three groups. Results: The scores of SAS and SDS of nurses were higher than those of doctors,and the PSQI scores of medical staff with less than three times of exercise per week was higher than those of medical staff with more than or equal to three times of exercise per week, differences were significant (P<0.05). There was no significant difference being found in the comparisons of scores of PSQI and SF-36 between nurses and physicians,and of scores of SAS,SDS and SF-36 between medical staff with more than or equal to three times of exercise per week and medical staff with less than three times of exercise per week (P>0.05). There were significant differences in the effects of gender and weekly exercise frequency on PSQI score, the effects of position and duration of each exercise on SAS score, and the effects of position on SDS score (P<0.05). There were significant differences in the time effects of scores of PSQI,SDS and SF-36 among the three groups (P<0.05),and there was no significant difference in the time effects of SAS score (P>0.05). The differences in the effects of the above four scales among the three groups were not statistically significant (P>0.05). Conclusion: During the COVID-19 pandemic,the medical staff in the fever clinic had poor physical and mental health. But with time goes by,their physical and mental health is gradually improved;the sleep quality of women is better than that of men among medical staff. The anxiety and depression of nurses are more obvious than those of doctors. Exercise can improve the sleep quality and anxiety. The effects of balanced acupoints massage on physical and mental health is limited,which may be related to the short intervention time and the small sample size.