Prevalence of anxiety and relationship of anxiety with coping styles and related factors in healthcare workers during COVID-19 Pandemic
| Autor: | Kiliç, A., Gürcan, M. B., Aktura, B., Ahmet Rıza Şahin, Kökrek, Z. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
structured questionnaire
demography STRESS STRATEGIES health care personnel sex difference social media Health Personnel prevalence RISK PERCEPTION Anxiety Article Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 coronavirus disease 2019 male online system Adaptation Psychological Coping Strategies Medical Staff anxiety disorder cross-sectional study Humans controlled study human coping strategies medical staff psychological effects outbreak Pandemics sleep disorder SARS SARS-CoV-2 adult pandemic COVID-19 Outbreak prediction social support major clinical study Anxiety Disorders RESPIRATORY SYNDROME OUTBREAK health survey LONG female Psychological Effects coping behavior disease severity patient participation PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT mental health |
| Zdroj: | Psychiatria Danubina Volume 33 Issue suppl 10 Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0353-5053 |
| Popis: | Background: The aim is to investigate anxiety prevalence among the healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic and the Subjects and methods: An online questionnaire was performed to evaluate the anxiety responses of 544 healthcare workers, the adopted coping styles and the related factors during COVID-19 pandemic. The questionnaire included the subsections of sociodemographic data, other clinical data and the items on exposure to social media, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) Scale and Coping Styles Scale Brief Form. Results: Minimal, mild, moderate and severe anxiety were present in 214 (39.3%), 191 (35.1%), 95 (17.5%) and 44 (8.1%) participants, respectively. GAD-linical COVID-19, concern about infect COVID-19 to relatives, unwillingness to work, frequency of social media use about COVID-19, sleep l ed that higher adoption of using emotional social support, one of the emotional focused coping styles and behavioral disengagement, one of the ineffektive focused coping styles are considered to be predictor of significant clinical anxiety. Whereas, positive reinterpretation, one of the emotional focused coping styles was a predictor in reduction of significant clinical anxiety. Also more frequent exposure to social media and sleep disturbances were the predictors of significant clinical anxiety in the healthcare staff. Conclusion: Our results have emphasized the factors that should be taken into account and application of coping styles that may be functional in protecting mental health of the healthcare workers in their struggle against a huge disaster affecting worldwide societies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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