The COVID-19 Pandemic Affects Anxiety and Depression among Moroccan Healthcare Worker’s

The COVID-19 pandemic has become a global crisis; it has prompted each country to take the necessary measures, starting with the health sector with its different material and human resources. This study evaluates the anxiety and depression of a group of 403 healthcare workers across Morocco using a Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) assessment scale during this crisis. The results show severe anxiety among the healthcare workers in the COVID-19 services compared to staff who do not work in the COVID-19 department with a very significant p-value <0.0001. Insurmountable psychological pressure on nurses leads to various problems such as anxiety, fear, frustration, depression and insomnia that affect quality of life and require psychological support.