Assessment of mental health of medical personnel during COVID-19: insights from Pakistan
The purpose of this paper is to examine how fear of COVID-19 affects: i) psychological distress; and ii) anxiety among healthcare workers. Additionally, the possible mediating role of passion was conceptually hypothesized and empirically tested in these two relationships. Data were collected from 36...
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| author | Faiza Manzoor Longbao Wei Muhammad Zia ul Haq Hafiz ur Rehman |
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| description | The purpose of this paper is to examine how fear of COVID-19 affects: i) psychological distress; and ii) anxiety among healthcare workers. Additionally, the possible mediating role of passion was conceptually hypothesized and empirically tested in these two relationships. Data were collected from 360 healthcare employees working at hospitals in Pakistan. AMOS (v.26) was used to perform confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling to test hypotheses and relationships. The results of the study revealed the fear of COVID-19, the psychological distress, and anxiety of medical personnel have positive connections. There is now strong evidence that fear of COVID-19 substantially influences anxiety and psychological distress. In particular, the results demonstrate that passion did not mediate the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and employees’ mental health. It concludes that the outcomes of this work support the presence of a significant association between COVID-19 fear and the mental health of medical staff in Pakistan. Implications are discussed in light of the findings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8595ee3e370b468e8e4853047a99b48b2023-01-05T08:37:04ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402022-12-01812e11824Assessment of mental health of medical personnel during COVID-19: insights from PakistanFaiza Manzoor0Longbao Wei1Muhammad Zia ul Haq2Hafiz ur Rehman3Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, 310058, Hangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Agricultural Economics and Management, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, 310058, Hangzhou, China; Corresponding author.Digital Transformation Research Centre, College of Business Administration, Ajman University, 346, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Economics, Hazara University, Mansehra, 21120, Pakistan; School of Economics, Henan University, Kaifeng Henan, 475004, ChinaThe purpose of this paper is to examine how fear of COVID-19 affects: i) psychological distress; and ii) anxiety among healthcare workers. Additionally, the possible mediating role of passion was conceptually hypothesized and empirically tested in these two relationships. Data were collected from 360 healthcare employees working at hospitals in Pakistan. AMOS (v.26) was used to perform confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling to test hypotheses and relationships. The results of the study revealed the fear of COVID-19, the psychological distress, and anxiety of medical personnel have positive connections. There is now strong evidence that fear of COVID-19 substantially influences anxiety and psychological distress. In particular, the results demonstrate that passion did not mediate the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and employees’ mental health. It concludes that the outcomes of this work support the presence of a significant association between COVID-19 fear and the mental health of medical staff in Pakistan. Implications are discussed in light of the findings.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022031127Fear of Covid-19PassionPsychological distressAnxietyPakistan |
| spellingShingle | Faiza Manzoor Longbao Wei Muhammad Zia ul Haq Hafiz ur Rehman Assessment of mental health of medical personnel during COVID-19: insights from Pakistan Heliyon Fear of Covid-19 Passion Psychological distress Anxiety Pakistan |
| title | Assessment of mental health of medical personnel during COVID-19: insights from Pakistan |
| title_full | Assessment of mental health of medical personnel during COVID-19: insights from Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of mental health of medical personnel during COVID-19: insights from Pakistan |
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| title_short | Assessment of mental health of medical personnel during COVID-19: insights from Pakistan |
| title_sort | assessment of mental health of medical personnel during covid 19 insights from pakistan |
| topic | Fear of Covid-19 Passion Psychological distress Anxiety Pakistan |
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