Original scientific paper
PREVALENCE OF ANXIETY AND RELATIONSHIP OF ANXIETY WITH COPING STYLES AND RELATED FACTORS IN HEALTHCARE WORKERS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Alperen Kilic
orcid.org/0000-0003-2610-1830
; Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Bagcilar, Istanbul, Turkey
Mehmet Bugrahan Gurcan
; Horasan State Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Erzurum, Turkey
Bekir Aktura
; Istanbul University, Health Sciences Institute, Department of Public Health, Istanbul, Turkey
Ahmet Riza Sahin
; Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
Zekeriya Kokrek
; Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Istanbul,, Turkey
Abstract
Background: The aim is to investigate anxiety prevalence among the healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic and the
Subjects and methods: An online questionnaire was performed to evaluate the anxiety responses of 544 healthcare workers, the
adopted coping styles and the related factors during COVID-19 pandemic. The questionnaire included the subsections of
sociodemographic data, other clinical data and the items on exposure to social media, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7)
Scale and Coping Styles Scale Brief Form.
Results: Minimal, mild, moderate and severe anxiety were present in 214 (39.3%), 191 (35.1%), 95 (17.5%) and 44 (8.1%)
participants, respectively. GAD-linical
COVID-19,
concern about infect COVID-19 to relatives, unwillingness to work, frequency of social media use about COVID-19, sleep
l ed that higher
adoption of using emotional social support, one of the emotional focused coping styles and behavioral disengagement, one of the
ineffektive focused coping styles are considered to be predictor of significant clinical anxiety. Whereas, positive reinterpretation, one
of the emotional focused coping styles was a predictor in reduction of significant clinical anxiety. Also more frequent exposure to
social media and sleep disturbances were the predictors of significant clinical anxiety in the healthcare staff.
Conclusion: Our results have emphasized the factors that should be taken into account and application of coping styles that may be
functional in protecting mental health of the healthcare workers in their struggle against a huge disaster affecting worldwide societies.
Keywords
coping strategies; medical staff; psychological effects; outbreak
Hrčak ID:
267272
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Publication date:
4.10.2021.
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