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and allograft applied. Dressing was done, while waiting for the histopathological report
before proceeding with the flap re-inset. Patient is ambulating independently.
CONCLUSION: It is critical that we educate patients about the necessity of self-examination
and red flag changes in skin moles, especially in less visible locations. They should be urged
to seek treatment early since multimodality therapy, including the use of advanced surgical
technique, has improved quality of life.

ID 123 MENTAL HEALTH STATUS OF HOSPITAL STAFF IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL POST-COVID-
19 PANDEMIC

Fatimah Az-Zaharah Suhaimi, Anita Codati, Lui Sze Chiang, Maria Kamal, Fauziah Ripin @ Mat Nor, Farhana Mohd
Amiruddin, Siti Nurul Aimi Mohamad, Shamsul Anuar Kamarudin, Muhammad Kasyful Azim Yahya, Ramli Mohd
Ali, Asiah Kassim.
Hospital Tunku Azizah, Kuala Lumpur.

INTRODUCTION: Prolonged pandemic period can trigger various mental health problems.
This study aimed to determine the mental health status of hospital staff after the COVID-19
pandemic.
METHODS: Hospital staff were recruited via convenient sampling in this cross-sectional study.
They answered DASS-21 and ProQoL questionnaires either on paper or via online platform.
RESULTS: 465 hospital staff participated, 92.5% female, 74.6% nurses. 81.6% of doctors
worked more than 50 hours. A healthcare worker’s occupation is associated with depression,
anxiety, and stress (p-values 0.003, 0.010 and < 0.001 respectively). One in four doctors had
moderate depression, followed by 22.5% hospital attendants. 14.3% of doctors and 7.5%
hospital attendants had extremely severe anxiety. Stress was most prevalent among doctors
(12.5%) and hospital attendants (10%). Working duration of more than 50 hours per week is
associated with higher levels of anxiety, stress, burnout and secondary traumatic stress (p-
values 0.039, 0.028, 0.008 and 0.035 respectively). Of those, 12.2% had extremely severe
anxiety, 7.4% had severe stress, 71.2% had average level of burnout and 52.5% had average
level of secondary traumatic stress. History of having COVID-19 infection contributed to
secondary traumatic stress (p-value 0.035).
DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION: High levels of depression, anxiety and stress among doctors may
be related to higher working hours per week compared with other occupations. A strategy
needs to be placed to distribute the working hours to ensure better performance among
healthcare workers. Those who had history of having COVID-19 infection may be offered
counselling sessions to alleviate their trauma.

ID 124 BURNOUT AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS STATIONED AT MAEPS
2.0

Muniamal Krishnan¹, Noraziani Khamis¹, Fairuz Nadiah Nordin¹, Sunita Shanmugam¹, Muhammad Nur Amir Abdul
Rasip¹, Nor Hanizah Abdul Gapal¹, Ku Anis Shazura Indera Putera¹, Nur Jihan Noris¹, Nurnadia Renu Abdullah¹ ,
Nor Hayati Ibrahim¹, Shahabuddin Ibrahim²
¹Institute for Health Management, National Institutes of Health
²COVID-19 Quarantine and Low-Risk Treatment Centre (PKRC)

INTRODUCTION: MAEPS 2.0 was established as a COVID-19 Quarantine and Low-Risk
Treatment Centre. The organisational setting of the centre was special, whereby various
categories of healthcare workers (HCWs) were deployed nationwide. HCWs being away from

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