EC Clinical and Medical Case Reports

Introduction: The importance of this study comes from its ability to shed light on depression and anger that spread among health workers, due to the presence of a small number of studies that dealt with this issue, especially in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Jeddah region.

Objective: To explain prevalence of depression anxiety and stress among health care workers.

Research Methodology: A descriptive research strategy is used for this investigation. The goal of this methodology is to gather data that can be used to provide a comprehensive description of a certain group of people or an observed phenomenon.

Results: The results showed the depression level was mild, the anxiety level was normal, the stress level was normal, there is significant difference in depression level according to marital status, but there is no significant difference according to age, nationality, gender, experience years, and department, there is significant difference in anxiety level according to gender, and marital status, but there is no significant difference according to age, nationality, experience years, and department, and there is significant difference in stress level according to marital status.

Keywords: Depression; Anxiety; Stress among Health Care Workers

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