Anxiety Status and Associated Factors of Health Personnel Working in a Tertiary Hospital in Turkey in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Eurasian Journal of Family Medicine Pub Date : 2022-03-30 DOI:10.33880/ejfm.2022110102

Senay Kocakoglu, Dursun Cadirci, Nuray Kivanc Terzi, Yesim Ayazoz

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Aim: This research was conducted to evaluate the anxiety status and related factors of tertiary hospital personnel working in a densely populated area of Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A total of 555 participants were included in this cross-sectional, prospective study. A socio-demographic data form was created and the Beck Anxiety Scale was applied to participants for evaluating anxiety status. Results: The rate of men 64.86% (n=360) and women 35.14% (n=195). The distribution of anxiety scores was in the range of 8.39±9.16. 58.2% of them (n=323) had low, 41.8% (n=232) had high anxiety scores. Factors like age, gender, marital status, working status in areas where treatment/care is provided to suspected/positive patients with COVID-19, and fear of carrying infection from work to home are found to be statistically significantly related to anxiety. Conclusion: High anxiety scores were measured in almost half of the participants. Taking measures to improve risk factors can reduce the damaging effects of the challenging working conditions due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on hospital personnel. Keywords: anxiety, COVID-19, health, health personnel, pandemics

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2019冠状病毒病大流行期间土耳其某三级医院医务人员的焦虑状况及相关因素

目的:本研究旨在评估2019冠状病毒病大流行期间在土耳其人口稠密地区工作的三级医院工作人员的焦虑状态及其相关因素。方法:这项横断面前瞻性研究共纳入555名参与者。建立社会人口学数据表，并应用贝克焦虑量表对参与者进行焦虑状态评估。结果:男性占64.86% (n=360)，女性占35.14% (n=195)。焦虑得分的分布范围为8.39±9.16。其中58.2% (n=323)焦虑得分低，41.8% (n=232)焦虑得分高。年龄、性别、婚姻状况、在为COVID-19疑似/阳性患者提供治疗/护理的地区的工作状况以及害怕将感染从工作场所带到家中等因素与焦虑有统计学显著相关。结论:几乎一半的参与者的焦虑得分都很高。采取措施改善风险因素，可以减少持续的COVID-19大流行对医院工作人员造成的具有挑战性的工作条件的破坏性影响。关键词:焦虑，COVID-19，健康，卫生人员，流行病

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