Fear of COVID-19 among professional caregivers of the elderly in Central Alentejo, Portugal

Autor: Felismina Rosa Mendes, Margarida Sim-Sim, Maria Laurência Gemito, Maria da Luz Barros, Isaura da Conceição Serra, Ana Teresa Caldeira
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52993-6
Popis: Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has infected many institutionalised elderly people. In Portugal, the level of pandemic fear among professional caregivers of the elderly is unknown, as are its predictive factors. This study aimed to investigate predictors of fear of COVID-19 among workers caring for institutionalised elderly people in nursing homes. This is a cross-sectional study using multiple linear regression applied to a population of 652 caregivers located in 14 municipalities in Central Alentejo, Portugal, at March 2021. The criterion variable was the fear of COVID-19. Standardised regression coefficients showed that the higher the level of education, the lower the level of fear (β = − 0.158; t = − 4.134; p
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