COVID-19 affect on physicians U.S. 2020

This statistic illustrates the impact COVID-19 has had on U.S. physicians' wellbeing by detailing the share of physicians who had experienced select effects on their practice or professional employment, by frequency, as of August 2020. The data shows that 17 percent of respondents had inappropriate feelings of anger, tearfulness, or anxiety due to the pandemic once a week.

Percentage of U.S. physicians who had select experiences due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on their practice or professional employment, August 2020

Characteristic	Never	Just once	Once a month	Once a week	Every day
Seek medical attention for a physical problem	76%	18%	4%	1%	-
Seek medical attention for a mental health problem	87%	6%	4%	3%	-
Begin use of medications and/or alcohol or illicit drugs	90%	3%	2%	3%	2%
Increase the use of medications and/or alcohol or illicit drugs	82%	3%	3%	9%	3%
Have thoughts about or actions of self-harm	92%	3%	2%	2%	-
Feel hopeless or that you have no purpose	70%	9%	9%	8%	4%
Withdraw or isolate from family, friends, and co-workers	57%	10%	12%	13%	8%
Have inappropriate feelings of anger, tearfulness, or anxiety	50%	10%	16%	17%	7%

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

August 17 to 25, 2020

Number of respondents

2,334 respondents

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: How often have the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on your practice or professional employment caused you to do any of the following? (check all that apply).

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