Assessing anxiety symptoms and Traumatic Event Scale scores among medical staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia: a descriptive cohort study in Bogotá.

Objective: This study aims to assess anxiety and suffering symptoms amid the pandemic, determine factors linked to physicians' anxiety with COVID-19 patients and describe symptom progression in the initial year of follow-up.

Methods: Descriptive cohort study involving general practitioners, specialists and interns in the city of Bogotá. The Zung Anxiety Scale and the Traumatic Event Scale (TES) were employed and completed four times during the pandemic.