TY - JOUR T1 - Stress and psychological resilience among general surgery residents during COVID-19 pandemic JF - Saudi Medical Journal JO - Saudi Med J SP - 1344 LP - 1349 DO - 10.15537/smj.2020.12.25577 VL - 41 IS - 12 AU - Yasser M. Aljehani AU - Sharifah A. Othman AU - Nosibah K. Telmesani AU - Raghad A. Alghamdi AU - Hussah M. AlBuainain AU - Zeead M. Alghamdi AU - Hazem M. Zakaria AU - Farouk T. Alreshaid AU - Saleh A. Busbait AU - Abdullah A. Alqarzaie AU - Turki M. Alharbi AU - Ruba K. Alnajim Y1 - 2020/12/01 UR - http://smj.org.sa/content/41/12/1344.abstract N2 - Objectives: To evaluate the impact of coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic and its consequences on general surgery residents.Methods: Cross-sectional, survey based study including surgical residents in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kingdom of Bahrain.Results: Surgical trainees who participated in our survey (n=234) were young (mean age 28), single (53.8%), and males (65.8%). Approximately half (50.4%) have been deployed to cover the staff shortage in intensive care units (ICUs) or emergency departments (EDs). Half of our trainees (117) scored positive in the screening tool of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). There was a significant association between experiencing anxiety and male gender (p=0.055), level of training (p=0.002), deployment to cover ICUs (p=0.050), testing positive for COVID-19 (p=0.054) and having an infected family member (p=0.004).Conclusion: Coronavirus-19 pandemic has a serious effect on all healthcare workers and surgical residents have experienced a considerable amount of stress. Accordingly, this psychological burden should be appropriately addressed in organizations planning strategies. We suggest formulating guidelines to help surgical trainees to continue their learning process with least psychological burden. ER -