Stress levels of healthcare workers in the COVID-19 pandemic and relation to gender roles: Is the problem limited to the work? (eng)
INTRODUCTION: In addition to many medical consequences, Covid- 19 pandemic has also caused some social changes especially for healthcare workers working in the front lines of the pandemic. However, this has not affected everyone equally and gender roles became a determinant especially in domestic li...
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| description | INTRODUCTION: In addition to many medical consequences, Covid- 19 pandemic has also caused some social changes especially for healthcare workers working in the front lines of the pandemic. However, this has not affected everyone equally and gender roles became a determinant especially in domestic life.
METHODS: In this cross-sectional study with a sample of 670 healthcare workers in Turkey; a sociodemographic data form, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Gender Roles Attitude Scale (GRAS) were applied to examine stress levels and its relationship with gender roles. RESULTS: Mean PSS scores were significantly higher in women (27.03) healthcare workers than men (23.14) Women who did all or most of the housework on their own were almost three times the men (67.2% vs 22.9%) and this increased stress levels of women. In the GRAS, female participants had higher scores (173.2) than male participants (161.8); which means they were more egalitarian, and academic degree or job did not affect GRAS.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Besides many challenges related with working in pandemic period; women healthcare workers face additional distress because of the gender roles. Analyzing the effects of the pandemic without gender dimensions may be insufficient to fully understand public health aspect of the pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f62f94184afe43d398aa75c68ec64c6f2023-02-15T16:20:27ZengANP PublishingKlinik Psikiyatri Dergisi1302-00992022-03-0125151410.5505/kpd.2022.92668KPD-92668Stress levels of healthcare workers in the COVID-19 pandemic and relation to gender roles: Is the problem limited to the work? (eng)İrem Ekmekci Ertek0Hande Gazey1Saba Çiçek2Selçuk Candansayar3Gazi University Faculty of Medicine Department of PsychiatryGazi University Faculty of Medicine Department of PsychiatryGazi University Faculty of Medicine Department of PsychiatryGazi University Faculty of Medicine Department of PsychiatryINTRODUCTION: In addition to many medical consequences, Covid- 19 pandemic has also caused some social changes especially for healthcare workers working in the front lines of the pandemic. However, this has not affected everyone equally and gender roles became a determinant especially in domestic life. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study with a sample of 670 healthcare workers in Turkey; a sociodemographic data form, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Gender Roles Attitude Scale (GRAS) were applied to examine stress levels and its relationship with gender roles. RESULTS: Mean PSS scores were significantly higher in women (27.03) healthcare workers than men (23.14) Women who did all or most of the housework on their own were almost three times the men (67.2% vs 22.9%) and this increased stress levels of women. In the GRAS, female participants had higher scores (173.2) than male participants (161.8); which means they were more egalitarian, and academic degree or job did not affect GRAS. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Besides many challenges related with working in pandemic period; women healthcare workers face additional distress because of the gender roles. Analyzing the effects of the pandemic without gender dimensions may be insufficient to fully understand public health aspect of the pandemic.https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=kpd&un=KPD-92668covid-19gender rolehealthcare workersstress |
| spellingShingle | İrem Ekmekci Ertek Hande Gazey Saba Çiçek Selçuk Candansayar Stress levels of healthcare workers in the COVID-19 pandemic and relation to gender roles: Is the problem limited to the work? (eng) Klinik Psikiyatri Dergisi covid-19 gender role healthcare workers stress |
| title | Stress levels of healthcare workers in the COVID-19 pandemic and relation to gender roles: Is the problem limited to the work? (eng) |
| title_full | Stress levels of healthcare workers in the COVID-19 pandemic and relation to gender roles: Is the problem limited to the work? (eng) |
| title_fullStr | Stress levels of healthcare workers in the COVID-19 pandemic and relation to gender roles: Is the problem limited to the work? (eng) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stress levels of healthcare workers in the COVID-19 pandemic and relation to gender roles: Is the problem limited to the work? (eng) |
| title_short | Stress levels of healthcare workers in the COVID-19 pandemic and relation to gender roles: Is the problem limited to the work? (eng) |
| title_sort | stress levels of healthcare workers in the covid 19 pandemic and relation to gender roles is the problem limited to the work eng |
| topic | covid-19 gender role healthcare workers stress |
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