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Research Article: Mental health problems among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 in Africa: a protocol for umbrella review

Date Published: 2023-06-19

Abstract:
Introduction COVID-19 pandemic is a global health problem. In Africa, healthcare professionals face mental health problems due to COVID-19. But little was done on the prevalence of mental disorders among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 in Africa. This umbrella review of meta-analysis aimed to provide the pooled prevalence of anxiety, depression, stress, suicide, demoralisation and insomnia during COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. Methods and analysis We will search the African Journals Online, MedRxiv, PubMed and Google Scholar to identify studies published from the occurrence of the pandemic to March 2023. Systematic review and meta-analysis studies assessing mental health problems among healthcare professionals in Africa will be considered. The outcomes of interest include prevalence of mental health problems on healthcare professionals following COVID-19. Two researchers will extract data and execute quality assessment independently. The Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal checklist will be used to assess the quality of studies. Stata V.16.0 software will be used for statistical analysis. The I² and Cochran’s Q-statistics will be used for analysis of heterogeneity. Publication bias will be examined by DOI plot and Luis Furuya Kanamori (LFK) index. Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval and informed consent are not required as this is a literature review. The final results will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and presented at relevant conferences. PROSPERO registration number CRD42022383939.

Introduction:
COVID-19 first reported in Wuhan City, China, in December 2019, which has spread to worldwide. 1 Healthcare professionals are the main actors in the protection and control of COVID-19. They are vulnerable to COVID-19 because of their duty. High contact rate with COVID-19 patients lead to stress and depression during the early stages of the pandemic. 2 3 The strain of the pandemic on healthcare professionals cannot be understated. With an unprecedented number of patients, a shortage of necessary medical supplies…

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