Psychological aspects of the effects of COVID-19 on doctors

Medak Edyta, Niedzielski Antoni. Psychological aspects of the effects of COVID-19 on doctors. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2020;10(10):35-41. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2020.10.10.003 https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/JEHS/article/view/JEHS.2020.10.10.003 https://zenodo.org/record/4079172 The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. § 8. 2) and § 12. 1. 2) 22.02.2019. © The Authors 2020; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 02.10.2020. Revised: 11.10.2020. Accepted: 11.10.2020. Psychological aspects of the effects of COVID-19 on doctors Edyta Medak Samodzielna Pracownia Psychologii Ogólnej Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie 20-081 Lublin Poland Principal contact for editorial correspondence. Antoni Niedzielski Samodzielna Pracownia Psychologii Ogólnej Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie 20-081 Lublin Poland Summary: COVID-19 not only affects physical health, but also leads to mental health problems such as sleep problems, depression, feelings of anxiety, chronic stress. This also applies to doctors, because they too, or above all, are at particular risk. They are owed a lot of responsibilities, a new situation, a lack of adequate staff. They are surrounded by illness and death. They often do not cope with the current situation. This results in a decrease in their productivity, lack of motivation to work, fatigue, and this, as a consequence, can lead to burnout. Key words: COVID-19; doctors; sress; burnou