Anxiety Status and Associated Factors of Health Personnel Working in a Tertiary Hospital in Turkey in the COVID-19 Pandemic
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 sociodemogr...
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| author | Senay Kocakoglu Dursun Cadirci Nuray Kivanc Terzi Yesim Ayazoz |
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| description | 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 sociodemographic 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e86571d2773f4094b951c465015815042023-02-15T16:22:03ZengEurasian Society of Family MedicineEurasian Journal of Family Medicine2147-31612147-34042022-03-0111181810.33880/ejfm.2022110102Anxiety Status and Associated Factors of Health Personnel Working in a Tertiary Hospital in Turkey in the COVID-19 PandemicSenay Kocakoglu0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4155-3109Dursun Cadirci1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0969-382XNuray Kivanc Terzi2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2595-2716Yesim Ayazoz3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9141-1117Department of Family Medicine, Harran University Medical Faculty, Sanliurfa, Turkey.Department of Family Medicine, Harran University Medical Faculty, Sanliurfa, TurkeyDepartment of Family Medicine, Harran University Medical Faculty, Sanliurfa, Turkey. Oğuzeli Center Family Health Center, Gaziantep, TurkeyAim: 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 sociodemographic 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. http://ejfm.trakya.edu.tr/userfiles/2022/March/2-kocakoglu.pdfanxietycovid-19healthhealth personnelpandemics |
| spellingShingle | Senay Kocakoglu Dursun Cadirci Nuray Kivanc Terzi Yesim Ayazoz 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 anxiety covid-19 health health personnel pandemics |
| title | Anxiety Status and Associated Factors of Health Personnel Working in a Tertiary Hospital in Turkey in the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | Anxiety Status and Associated Factors of Health Personnel Working in a Tertiary Hospital in Turkey in the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Anxiety Status and Associated Factors of Health Personnel Working in a Tertiary Hospital in Turkey in the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anxiety Status and Associated Factors of Health Personnel Working in a Tertiary Hospital in Turkey in the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | Anxiety Status and Associated Factors of Health Personnel Working in a Tertiary Hospital in Turkey in the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | anxiety status and associated factors of health personnel working in a tertiary hospital in turkey in the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | anxiety covid-19 health health personnel pandemics |
| url | http://ejfm.trakya.edu.tr/userfiles/2022/March/2-kocakoglu.pdf |
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