RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Stress and psychological resilience among general surgery residents during COVID-19 pandemic JF Saudi Medical Journal JO Saudi Med J FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City SP 1344 OP 1349 DO 10.15537/smj.2020.12.25577 VO 41 IS 12 A1 Yasser M. Aljehani A1 Sharifah A. Othman A1 Nosibah K. Telmesani A1 Raghad A. Alghamdi A1 Hussah M. AlBuainain A1 Zeead M. Alghamdi A1 Hazem M. Zakaria A1 Farouk T. Alreshaid A1 Saleh A. Busbait A1 Abdullah A. Alqarzaie A1 Turki M. Alharbi A1 Ruba K. Alnajim YR 2020 UL http://smj.org.sa/content/41/12/1344.abstract AB 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.