psychological consequences of the covid-19 disease among physicians and medical students: a survey in kerman province, iran, in 2020

Background: the coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic can have many adverse personal and professional consequences for physicians and medical students. therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the psychological consequences of the covid-19 disease in physicians and medical students during the pandemic. materials and methods: using the census method, this cross-sectional study was conducted on 132 physicians and medical students working in rafsanjan hospitals, kerman province, iran, from may to august 2020. general health questionnaire (ghq-28), generalized anxiety disorder 7-item (gad-7), and impact of event scale (ies) were used to collect data. the data were analyzed using spss 22, and descriptive and inferential statistics (chi-square and multiple logistic regression) methods were applied.results: more than half of the participants were female and married. according to ghq, fifty-one and a half of the participants had psychological disorders. based on the results, 24.2% of the participants had gad, and 33.3% had ptsd. the results also showed that only occupation significantly correlated with psychological disorders (p = 0.01). the risk of psychological disorders in medical students was 2.38 times higher than among physicians (or= 2.38, 95% ci= 1.11- 5.10, p = 0.026). conclusion: physicians and medical students were faced too much stress in the covid-19 pandemic. they were at great risk of mental health disorders and the psychological consequences of covid-19 due to their job condition. managers and health policymakers need to take the necessary mental health interventions to reduce such risks.