Research Article
BibTex RIS Cite

SAĞLIK ÇALIŞANLARININ KORONAVİRÜS ANKSİYETE DÜZEYİNİN BELİRLENMESİ

Year 2022, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 65 - 74, 01.01.2022

Abstract

Koronavirüs pandemisi son bir yıldır tüm toplumun psikolojisini olumsuz etkilemektedir. Ancak sağlık çalışanları üzerindeki psikolojik etkisi daha fazladır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, sağlık çalışanlarının koronavirüs anksiyete düzeylerini ve bunu etkileyen faktörleri belirlemektir. Araştırmanın örneklemini bir eğitim ve araştırma hastanesinde çalışan toplam 201 sağlık çalışanı oluşturmaktadır. Demografik özellikler, çalışma ve ev yaşam durumu ile ilgili 14 sorudan oluşan bir anket ve 5 ifadelik Kısa Form Coronavirüs Anksiyete Ölçeği (CAS) uygulanmıştır. SPSS V.22 programı ile analiz için Kruskal Wallis ve Mann Whitney U Testleri uygulanmıştır. Katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 34,9±8,1 yıl ve sağlık sektöründe ortalama toplam çalışma süresi 11,4±8,7 yıl idi. Katılımcıların anksiyete düzeyi genel olarak düşüktü (4,31±4,72). Çalışanların koronavirüs anksiyete düzeylerinde cinsiyet (p = 0,003), kronik hastalık varlığı (p = 0.011) ve evde birlikte yaşayan kişi sayısı (p = 0,029) açısından istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark bulunmuştur. Anksiyete düzeyi kadınlarda ve kronik hastalığı olanlarda daha yüksek iken, yalnız yaşayan çalışanlarda daha düşüktü. Ayrıca istatistiksel olarak anlamlı olmasa da ön sahada çalışanların anksiyete düzeylerinin diğerlerine göre daha yüksek olduğu görülmüştür. Yaş, medeni durum, çalışma deneyimi, eğitim düzeyi, meslekler, çalışanların toplam çalışma deneyimi, çalıştıkları bölümler ve 15 yaşından küçük ve 65 yaşından büyük kişilerle birlikte yaşama durumlarının anksiyete düzeyleri üzerinde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir etkisi bulunmamıştır (p˃0.05). Pandemi sırasında sağlık çalışanlarının anksiyete düzeyleri cinsiyetlerine ve kronik hastalık varlığına göre farklılık göstermektedir. Ayrıca birlikte yaşayan aile bireylerinin sayısı arttıkça sağlık çalışanlarının anksiyete düzeyleri de artmaktadır.

Supporting Institution

YOK

Project Number

YOK

References

  • AA 05/29/2020. Available at: https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/15-20-yas-grubu-gencler-bugun-sokaga-cikacak-/1857247. Accessed December 02, 2020.
  • Adams, J. G, Walls, R. M. (2020). Supporting the health care workforce during the COVID-19 global epidemic, Jama, 323, 1439-1440.
  • Ahmed, O., Faisal, R. A., Sharker, T., Lee, S. A., Jobe, M. C. (2020). Adaptation of the Bangla version of the COVID-19 Anxiety Scale. Int J Ment Health Addict, 1-12.
  • Al-Hanawi, M. K., Mwale, M. L., Alshareef, N., Qattan, A. M. , Angawi, K., Almubark, R., et al. (2020). Psychological distress amongst health workers and the general public during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. Risk ManagHealthc Policy, 13, 733.
  • Alshekaili, M., Hassan, W., Al Said, N., Al Sulaimani, F., Jayapal, S. K., Al-Mawali, A., ... & Al-Adawi, S. (2020). Factors associated with mental health outcomes across healthcare settings in Oman during COVID-19: frontline versus non-frontline healthcare workers. BMJ open, 10, 1-7, e042030.
  • Biçer, İ., Çakmak, C., Demir, H., Kurt, M. E. (2020). Koronavirüs Anksiyete Ölçeği KısaFormu: Türkçe Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması. Anadolu Kliniği Tıp Bilimleri Dergisi, 25(Supplement 1):216-225.
  • Cai, Q., Feng, H., Huang, J., Wang, M., Wang, Q., Lu, X. et al. (2020). The mental health of frontline and non-frontline medical workers during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in China: A case-control study”, J Affect Disord, 275, 210-215.
  • DW. Deutsche Welle Coronavirus: Europe reimposes restrictions 2020. Available at: https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-europe-reimposes-restrictions/a-55383302. Accessed December 01, 2020.
  • Evren, C., Evren, B., Dalbudak, E., Topcu, M., Kutlu, N. (2020). Measuring anxiety related to COVID-19: A Turkish validation study of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, Death Studies, 1-7.
  • Greenberg, N., Docherty, M., Gnanapragasam, S., Wessely, S. (2020). Managing mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers during covid-19 pandemic, bmj, 368, 1-4.
  • Havlioğlu, S., Demir, H. A. (2020). Determining the Anxiety Levels of Emergency Service Employees’ Working During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, 17, 251-255.
  • Hoşgör, H., Dörttepe, Z. Ü., Sağcan, H. (2020). Acil Sağlık Hizmetleri Çalışanlarında Covid-19 Anksiyetesi ve Mesleki Performans İlişkisininTanımlayıcı Değişkenler Açısından İncelenmesi, MAKU IIBFD, 7, 865-886.
  • Huang, Y., Zhao, N. (2020). Generalized anxiety disorder, depressive symptoms and sleep quality during COVID-19 outbreak in China: a web-based cross-sectional survey, Psychiatry research, 288,112954.
  • Icisleri Bakanlığı 03/22/2020. Available at: https://www.icisleri.gov.tr/65-yas-ve-ustu-ile-kronik-rahatsizligi-olanlara-sokaga-cikma-yasagi-ek-genelgesi#. https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-europe-reimposes-restrictions/a-55383302. Accessed December 02, 2020.
  • Kumar, A. ve Nayar, K. R. (2020). COVID 19 and its mental health consequences, Journal of Mental Health, 1-2. Lee, S. A. (2020). Coronavirus anxiety scale: A brief mental health screener for COVID-19 related anxiety” Death Studies, 44, 393–401.
  • Lu, W., Wang, H., Lin, Y., Li, L. (2020). Psychological status of medical workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study, Psychiatry research, 112936.
  • Maaravi, Y. ve Heller, B. (2020). Not all worries were created equal: The case of COVID-19 anxiety, Public Health, 185, 243-245.
  • Nemati, M., Ebrahimi, B., Nemati, F. (2020). Assessment of Iranian nurses’ knowledge and anxiety toward COVID-19 during the current outbreak in Iran, Arch Clin Infect Dis. In Press e102848.
  • Pappa, S., Ntella, V., Giannakas, T., Giannakoulis, V. G., Papoutsi. E., Katsaounou., P. (2020). Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and insomnia among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Brain BehavImmun, 88, 901-907.
  • Polat, Ö. P., Coşkun, F. (2020). COVID-19 SalgınındaSağlıkÇalışanlarınınKişiselKoruyucuEkipmanKullanımlarıileDepresyon, Anksiyete, Stres Düzeyleri Arasındaki İlişkinin elirlenmesi, Batı Karadeniz Tıp Dergisi, 4, 51-58.
  • Que, J., Le, Shi J. D., Liu, J., Zhang, L., Wu, S., Gong, Y. et al. (2020). Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in China”, Gen Psychiatr, 33, 1-12.
  • Sakaoğlu, H. H., Orbatu, D., Emiroglu, M., Çakır, Ö. (2020). Covid-19 Salgını Sırasında Sağlık Çalışanlarında Spielberger Durumluk ve Sürekli Kaygı Düzeyi: Tepecik Hastanesi Örneği, Tepecik Eğit. Ve Araşt. Hast. Dergisi, 30(Eksayı), 1-9.
  • Shaukat, N., Ali, D. M., Razzak, J. (2020). Physical and mental health impacts of COVID-19 on healthcare workers: a scoping review”, Int J Emerg Med, 13, 1-8.
  • Simione, L. ve Gnagnarella, C. (2020). Differences between health workers and general population in risk perception, behaviors, and psychological distress related to COVID-19 spread in Italy, Frontiers in psychology, 11, 2166.
  • Türkoğlu, M. C., & Kantaş Yilmaz, F. (2021). Sağlık Politikası Analizi: Türkiye'de Covid-19 Pandemi Döneminde Uygulanan Sağlık Politikaları. Toplumsal Politika Dergisi, 2(1), 11-29.
  • Wilson, W., Raj, J. P., Rao, S., Ghiya, M., Nedungalaparambil, N. M., Mundra, H., et al. (2020). Prevalence and predictors of stress, anxiety, and depression among healthcare workers managing COVID-19 pandemic in India: a nationwide observational study, Indian J Psychol Med, 42, 353-358.
  • Wu, A. W., Buckle, P., Haut, E. R., Bellandi, T., Koizumi, S., Mair, A. et al. (2020). Supporting the emotional well-being of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, J Patient Saf Risk Manag, 25, 93–96.
  • Xiang, Y. T, Jin, Y., Wang, Y., Zhang, Q., Zhang, L., Cheung, T. (2020). Tribute to health workers in China: A group of respectable population during the outbreak of the COVID-19, International journal of biological sciences, 16, 1739.
  • Zhang, W. R., Wang, K., Yin, L., Zhao, W. F., Xue, Q., Peng, M. et al. (2020). Mental health and psychosocial problems of medical health workers during the COVID-19 epidemic in China, Psychother Psychosom, 89, 242-250.

DETERMINATION OF CORONAVIRUS ANXIETY LEVEL OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS

Year 2022, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 65 - 74, 01.01.2022

Abstract

The coronavirus pandemic has been negatively affecting the psychology of the whole society for the last year. However, its psychological effect on healthcare workers is greater. The aim of this study is to determine the coronavirus anxiety levels of healthcare workers and the factors affecting it. A total of 201 healthcare worker, working in a training and research hospital, constitutes the sample of the study. A questionnaire, including 14 questions about demographic characteristics, working and home life status and a 5 statement Short Form Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS), was applied. Kruskal Wallis and Mann Whitney U Tests were applied for analyzing with SPSS V.22 program. The mean age of the participants was 34.9±8.1 years and the average total working time of them in the healthcare sector was 11.4±8.7 years. The anxiety level of the participants was generally low (4.31±4.72). A statistically significant difference was found in the coronavirus anxiety levels of the employees in terms of gender (p = 0.003), presence of chronic disease (p = 0.011) and the number of people living together at home (p = 0.029). While anxiety levels were higher in women and those with chronic diseases, it was lower in employees living alone. In addition, although it was not statistically significant, it was observed that the anxiety level of the employees' working in the frontline was higher than the others. Age, marital status, working experience, education levels, occupations, total working experience of employees, the departments they work, and status of living with people younger than 15 years and older than 65 years old had no statistically significant effect on anxiety levels (p˃0.05). During the pandemic, healthcare workers' anxiety levels differ by their gender and the presence of chronic illness. Moreover, as the number of family members living together increases, the anxiety levels of healthcare workers increases.

Project Number

YOK

References

  • AA 05/29/2020. Available at: https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/15-20-yas-grubu-gencler-bugun-sokaga-cikacak-/1857247. Accessed December 02, 2020.
  • Adams, J. G, Walls, R. M. (2020). Supporting the health care workforce during the COVID-19 global epidemic, Jama, 323, 1439-1440.
  • Ahmed, O., Faisal, R. A., Sharker, T., Lee, S. A., Jobe, M. C. (2020). Adaptation of the Bangla version of the COVID-19 Anxiety Scale. Int J Ment Health Addict, 1-12.
  • Al-Hanawi, M. K., Mwale, M. L., Alshareef, N., Qattan, A. M. , Angawi, K., Almubark, R., et al. (2020). Psychological distress amongst health workers and the general public during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. Risk ManagHealthc Policy, 13, 733.
  • Alshekaili, M., Hassan, W., Al Said, N., Al Sulaimani, F., Jayapal, S. K., Al-Mawali, A., ... & Al-Adawi, S. (2020). Factors associated with mental health outcomes across healthcare settings in Oman during COVID-19: frontline versus non-frontline healthcare workers. BMJ open, 10, 1-7, e042030.
  • Biçer, İ., Çakmak, C., Demir, H., Kurt, M. E. (2020). Koronavirüs Anksiyete Ölçeği KısaFormu: Türkçe Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması. Anadolu Kliniği Tıp Bilimleri Dergisi, 25(Supplement 1):216-225.
  • Cai, Q., Feng, H., Huang, J., Wang, M., Wang, Q., Lu, X. et al. (2020). The mental health of frontline and non-frontline medical workers during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in China: A case-control study”, J Affect Disord, 275, 210-215.
  • DW. Deutsche Welle Coronavirus: Europe reimposes restrictions 2020. Available at: https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-europe-reimposes-restrictions/a-55383302. Accessed December 01, 2020.
  • Evren, C., Evren, B., Dalbudak, E., Topcu, M., Kutlu, N. (2020). Measuring anxiety related to COVID-19: A Turkish validation study of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, Death Studies, 1-7.
  • Greenberg, N., Docherty, M., Gnanapragasam, S., Wessely, S. (2020). Managing mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers during covid-19 pandemic, bmj, 368, 1-4.
  • Havlioğlu, S., Demir, H. A. (2020). Determining the Anxiety Levels of Emergency Service Employees’ Working During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, 17, 251-255.
  • Hoşgör, H., Dörttepe, Z. Ü., Sağcan, H. (2020). Acil Sağlık Hizmetleri Çalışanlarında Covid-19 Anksiyetesi ve Mesleki Performans İlişkisininTanımlayıcı Değişkenler Açısından İncelenmesi, MAKU IIBFD, 7, 865-886.
  • Huang, Y., Zhao, N. (2020). Generalized anxiety disorder, depressive symptoms and sleep quality during COVID-19 outbreak in China: a web-based cross-sectional survey, Psychiatry research, 288,112954.
  • Icisleri Bakanlığı 03/22/2020. Available at: https://www.icisleri.gov.tr/65-yas-ve-ustu-ile-kronik-rahatsizligi-olanlara-sokaga-cikma-yasagi-ek-genelgesi#. https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-europe-reimposes-restrictions/a-55383302. Accessed December 02, 2020.
  • Kumar, A. ve Nayar, K. R. (2020). COVID 19 and its mental health consequences, Journal of Mental Health, 1-2. Lee, S. A. (2020). Coronavirus anxiety scale: A brief mental health screener for COVID-19 related anxiety” Death Studies, 44, 393–401.
  • Lu, W., Wang, H., Lin, Y., Li, L. (2020). Psychological status of medical workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study, Psychiatry research, 112936.
  • Maaravi, Y. ve Heller, B. (2020). Not all worries were created equal: The case of COVID-19 anxiety, Public Health, 185, 243-245.
  • Nemati, M., Ebrahimi, B., Nemati, F. (2020). Assessment of Iranian nurses’ knowledge and anxiety toward COVID-19 during the current outbreak in Iran, Arch Clin Infect Dis. In Press e102848.
  • Pappa, S., Ntella, V., Giannakas, T., Giannakoulis, V. G., Papoutsi. E., Katsaounou., P. (2020). Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and insomnia among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Brain BehavImmun, 88, 901-907.
  • Polat, Ö. P., Coşkun, F. (2020). COVID-19 SalgınındaSağlıkÇalışanlarınınKişiselKoruyucuEkipmanKullanımlarıileDepresyon, Anksiyete, Stres Düzeyleri Arasındaki İlişkinin elirlenmesi, Batı Karadeniz Tıp Dergisi, 4, 51-58.
  • Que, J., Le, Shi J. D., Liu, J., Zhang, L., Wu, S., Gong, Y. et al. (2020). Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in China”, Gen Psychiatr, 33, 1-12.
  • Sakaoğlu, H. H., Orbatu, D., Emiroglu, M., Çakır, Ö. (2020). Covid-19 Salgını Sırasında Sağlık Çalışanlarında Spielberger Durumluk ve Sürekli Kaygı Düzeyi: Tepecik Hastanesi Örneği, Tepecik Eğit. Ve Araşt. Hast. Dergisi, 30(Eksayı), 1-9.
  • Shaukat, N., Ali, D. M., Razzak, J. (2020). Physical and mental health impacts of COVID-19 on healthcare workers: a scoping review”, Int J Emerg Med, 13, 1-8.
  • Simione, L. ve Gnagnarella, C. (2020). Differences between health workers and general population in risk perception, behaviors, and psychological distress related to COVID-19 spread in Italy, Frontiers in psychology, 11, 2166.
  • Türkoğlu, M. C., & Kantaş Yilmaz, F. (2021). Sağlık Politikası Analizi: Türkiye'de Covid-19 Pandemi Döneminde Uygulanan Sağlık Politikaları. Toplumsal Politika Dergisi, 2(1), 11-29.
  • Wilson, W., Raj, J. P., Rao, S., Ghiya, M., Nedungalaparambil, N. M., Mundra, H., et al. (2020). Prevalence and predictors of stress, anxiety, and depression among healthcare workers managing COVID-19 pandemic in India: a nationwide observational study, Indian J Psychol Med, 42, 353-358.
  • Wu, A. W., Buckle, P., Haut, E. R., Bellandi, T., Koizumi, S., Mair, A. et al. (2020). Supporting the emotional well-being of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, J Patient Saf Risk Manag, 25, 93–96.
  • Xiang, Y. T, Jin, Y., Wang, Y., Zhang, Q., Zhang, L., Cheung, T. (2020). Tribute to health workers in China: A group of respectable population during the outbreak of the COVID-19, International journal of biological sciences, 16, 1739.
  • Zhang, W. R., Wang, K., Yin, L., Zhao, W. F., Xue, Q., Peng, M. et al. (2020). Mental health and psychosocial problems of medical health workers during the COVID-19 epidemic in China, Psychother Psychosom, 89, 242-250.
There are 29 citations in total.

Details

Primary Language English
Subjects Health Care Administration
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Özlem Güdük This is me 0000-0003-0929-1302

Serkan Elarslan 0000-0001-6386-4525

Yaşar Sertbaş 0000-0002-9685-4486

Project Number YOK
Early Pub Date December 29, 2021
Publication Date January 1, 2022
Submission Date August 11, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2022 Volume: 4 Issue: 1

Cite

APA Güdük, Ö., Elarslan, S., & Sertbaş, Y. (2022). DETERMINATION OF CORONAVIRUS ANXIETY LEVEL OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS. Sağlık Ve Sosyal Refah Araştırmaları Dergisi, 4(1), 65-74.


All works published in this journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0 ) International License.

To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/