Abstract:
BACKGROUND
Covid-l 9 emerged from China in end of2019 and spread all over the world in 2021. The pandemic
shook the healthcare systems all over the world even in developed countries like USA and Italy.
This pandemic affected the healthcare workers psychologically and productivity at their workplace
as well. This study was conducted to evaluate the psychological imact caused by Covid-l9 on
healthcare workers performance in Karachi.
METHODOLOGY
Data was collected from 304 respondents by using a compilation of standardized
questionnaire consisting of 32 items in total in which 7 consist of demographics and general
components, 21 components of independent variables and 5 components of dependent variable.
23rd version ofSPSS was used to first test the reliability ofthe scale and then ran test for hypothesis
testing.
survey
FINDINGS
The findings ofthe study according to the data collected from survey is that psychological factors
and healthcare workers’ performance are connected with each others, psychological health has
major impact on job performance. During the COVID-19 the mental health of almost every
healthcare worker affected and it also affect their productivity at their workplace. Healthcare
workers’ performance reduces due to anxiety, depression, insomnia, Somatization, and fear of
being carrier of virus.
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LIMITATIONS
Due to pandemic limited number of samples, time constraints and biasness as it was self
assessment survey, these were the limititions in this study.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Health care organization should provide proper trainings how to deal with psychological
symptoms and proper provision ofpersonal protection equipment and conduct counseling sessions
for mental and physical health
