COVID-19 TANILI HASTALARIN TEDAVİ VE BAKIMINI YAPAN SAĞLIK PERSONELLERİNİN ANKSİYETE VE E-SAĞLIK OKURYAZARLIK DÜZEYLERİ İLE ETKİLEYEN FAKTÖRLERİN BELİRLENMESİ

Year 2022, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 340 - 350, 04.06.2022

Dilek Şayık Anıl Uçan

https://doi.org/10.35232/estudamhsd.1065427

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Bu çalışma, pandemi döneminde COVID-19 tanılı hastaların takip edildiği servis veya yoğun bakım ünitelerinde çalışan hekim ve hemşirelerin anksiyete ve e-sağlık okuryazarlık düzeyleri ile ilişkili faktörleri belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Tanımlayıcı tipte olan bu çalışma servis veya yoğun bakım ünitelerinde çalışan 161 hekim ve hemşire ile tamamlanmıştır. Çalışmada p<0,05 değeri istatistiksel olarak anlamlı kabul edilmiştir. Hekim ve hemşirelerin Koronavirüs Anksiyete Ölçeği ve e-Sağlık Okuryazarlık Ölçeği puan ortalaması sırasıyla 2,74±3,57, 28,72±7,74’tür. Psikolojik destek almak isteyen hekim ve hemşirelerin anksiyete puanlarının arttığı ve e-sağlık okuryazarlık puanının azaldığı saptamıştır. Pandemi ile ilgili bilgi veya haber izleme/okuma süresinin artması ile anksiyetenin arttığı belirlenmiştir. Pandemi döneminde hekim ve hemşirelerin pandemiye ilişkin doğru kaynaklardan düzenli olarak bilgilendirilmelerinin sağlanması ve anksiyete düzeylerinin belirlenerek gerekli psikolojik desteğin verilmesi önemlidir.

Keywords

Anksiyete, COVID-19 pandemisi, e-sağlık okuryazarlık, hekim, hemşire

ANXIETY AND E-HEALTH LITERACY LEVELS, AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN HEALTH CARE WORKERS INVOLVED IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF COVID-19 PATIENTS

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the level of anxiety and eHealth literacy and related factors among physicians and nurses working in inpatient and intensive care units where COVID-19 patients were cared for during the pandemic. This descriptive study was conducted with 161 physician and nurse working in inpatient and intensive care units. A p-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. The mean scores of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale and eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) of physicians and nurses were 2.74±3.57 and 28.72±7.74, respectively. It was found that physicians and nurses who desired psychological support had high anxiety scores but low scores on the eHEALS. Anxiety increased the longer one engaged in viewing/reading information or news about the pandemic. During the pandemic outbreak, it is crucial to regularly inform physicians and nurses about the pandemic through appropriate sources and provide them with the necessary psychological support after determining their level of anxiety.

Keywords

Anxiety, COVID-19 pandemic, e-health literacy, physician, nurse

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