Trust in the Healthcare System and Social Coronavirus Anxiety; A Study in the Turkish Society

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this research is to determine the level of trust in the healthcare system and coronavirus anxiety of the Turkish society during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: To obtain the data; "Multidimensional Trust in Health-Care Systems Scale (MTHCSS)" and "Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS)" were used. The research was carried out using the online questionnaire between August-September 2020, with the participation of 1185 people. Two-Sample Independent T-Test, One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and correlation analysis were used in the analysis of the data. Results: It was determined that the mean scale scores of the participants the MTHCSS was high (59.06±13.76) and the mean score of the CAS was (1.86±3.30) low. Analyses carried out; showed that there are significant statistical differences between gender, presence of chronic disease, working status and compliance with the measures taken, trust in the healthcare system and coronavirus anxiety (p< 0.05). In Addition, the correlation analysis performed showed that there is a weak negative relationship between trust in the healthcare system and social Coronavirus anxiety. Conclusion: The results showed that the Turkish society trusts their healthcare system. This makes think that the struggle given under the pandemic conditions is well managed by the Turkish healthcare system.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• Pandemic
• Healthcare system
• Trust
• Social Coronavirus anxiety.

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