Journal of Community Health Research

en Explaining the Factors Involved in Psychological Effects of Covid-19 on Health Care Workers by Interpretive Structural Modeling بهداشت عمومی Public Health پژوهشي Research Background: Spread of COVID-19 worldwide created anxiety, stress. In the meantime, healthcare workers have been suffering from significant psychological distress due to providing direct care to the patient, side injuries and quarantine. The present research aims to investigate and identify the factors involved in reduction of psychological effects of COVID-19 by interpretive structural modeling. Methods: This study was a mixed study (quantitative and qualitative). The study population included doctors, supervisors and nurses of the clinical departments of Khatam-ul-AnbiyaAbarkoh Hospital in Yazd. The participants were selected using the snowball sampling method. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. In the qualitative part of the research, mainly library studies and expert opinions were used. In the quantitative part of the research, the structural self-interaction matrix was used. The final analysis was performed by MATLAB2018. Results: The results show that the most psychological effects of Covid-19 are related to "appropriate measures to reduce the disease such as environmental ventilation" and "financial support of personnel" and "sufficient provision of personal protective equipment" and "dedicated sufficient manpower to the involved departments" (with a power of 8). And the lowest influence is related to "continuous training of stress management and constant presence of a psychologist" (with an influence of influence 5) Conclusion: The basic factors in the research model include continuous stress management training, the presence of a psychologist, and inspection of infected areas. By the management team and providing adequate personal protective equipment. covid-19, mental health, psychological effects 7 17 http://jhr.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1735-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohammad Ziaadini Mziaaddini@yahoo.com 0000-0001-5984-517X No Department of Management, Rafsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rafsanjan, Iran Mohammad Sadegh Abolhasani Mziaaddini@yahoo.com 0000-0002-5388-2401 Yes Department of Management, Rafsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rafsanjan, Iran Homa Khazaee Homakhazaeei@yahoo.com 0009-0009-4997-8759 No ShahidSadoughi University of Medical Sciences Yazd, Yazd, Iran Mohammad Zarezadeh Mziaaddini@yahoo.com 0000-0001-8256-910X No ShahidSadoughi University of Medical Sciences Yazd, Yazd, Iran Sedigheh Asadi Mziaaddini@yahoo.com 0009-0007-2533-9851 No ShahidSadoughi University of Medical Sciences Yazd, Yazd, Iran Farzaneh Ghorbani Mziaaddini@yahoo.com 0009-0001-3092-3493 No ShahidSadoughi University of Medical Sciences Yazd, Yazd, Iran Elaheh Salarikhah Mziaaddini@yahoo.com 0009-0003-0614-9236 No ShahidSadoughi University of Medical Sciences Yazd, Yazd, Iran