The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has just signed a memorandum of understanding with Family Health International (FHI 360) on coordinating the implementation of mental health care activities for medical staff in Ho Chi Minh City.
How to relieve stress for medical staff?
Accordingly, in the coming time, the Department of Health will cooperate with FHI 360 to conduct training to improve the capacity of leaders and managers of the health sector in Ho Chi Minh City to increase awareness of the role of mental health for health workers and knowledge of methods to handle and overcome stress.
According to the plan, each hospital will send one staff member to train and coach on the recognition, assessment, screening and early detection of mental health risk factors and management and mental health care for medical staff at the unit.
The program will develop and develop communication materials and handbooks, and provide guidance on mental health care to improve knowledge, skills, and provide guidance on methods of recognition and support for screening and intervention for health workers with mental health disorders and provide consultation and support when necessary.
Expand the network of "depression emergency" systems for medical staff. Provide emergency psychiatric support, screening support, and remote consultation to immediately address psychological and psychiatric needs through the call center and hotline system.
Medical staff in Ho Chi Minh City during the Covid-19 pandemic
Setting up break rooms in some hospitals to provide spaces for healthcare workers to relieve stress, prioritize their mental health, and access resources to form a mental health care network.
According to Dr. Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, the Ho Chi Minh City health sector will conduct a new investigation into mental health among medical staff.
"The Ho Chi Minh City health sector hopes that in the coming time, the coordination in implementing mental health care activities for medical staff between the two units will be increasingly promoted. This will help medical staff and workers in the health sector control stress and balance emotions, while effectively implementing screening, early detection and prevention of mental health problems for staff and workers in the health sector. This also aims to contribute significantly to ensuring human resources in the health sector in caring for and protecting people's health," informed Dr. Vinh Chau.
Hospitals must care about the mental health of medical staff
In 2016, the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases surveyed the mental health of 601 healthcare workers to determine levels of depression, anxiety, and stress.
The results showed that 28.5% had signs of depression, 38.8% had signs of anxiety and 19% had signs of stress. Women were at higher risk of mental problems than men. There was no difference between the levels of depression, anxiety and stress according to occupation, years of work and age group. This shows that they need support from hospital management and psychologists and psychiatrists to reduce mental pressure.
From September 2021 to June 2022, a cross-sectional study was conducted on the mental health status of 224 healthcare workers at Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital and related factors. The results showed that the proportion of healthcare workers participating in the fight against Covid-19 at some participating hospitals with symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress was 17.86%, 28.57%, 16.96%, respectively. This study helps managers develop policies to improve the mental health status of healthcare workers.
Medical staff under a lot of pressure during the Covid-19 pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City
On June 20, 2023, the Journal of Medical Research, Hanoi Medical University published a study: Some factors related to stress in medical staff at Hanoi Medical University Hospital and Thai Binh Medical University Hospital .
A cross-sectional study was conducted on 520 medical staff working at 2 university hospitals (Thai Binh and Hanoi), from June to December 2021. The results showed that medical staff with factors such as poor relationships between family members, poor relationships at work, major events in the past year, and conflicts between work and family all increased the risk of stress by 1.96 , 2.06 , and 2.37 times, respectively. and 2.69 in non-medical staff. Related factors should be considered when implementing stress reduction measures for medical staff in the two hospitals.
Previously, from July 2022, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health established a depression emergency hotline. Accordingly, when people discover that a family member or colleague, a member of a group working together, living together has symptoms and signs of severe depression, they should immediately call 115 - the emergency number of the 115 Emergency Center or 19001267 - the customer care phone number of the Mental Hospital for support.
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