Evaluation of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Levels of Healthcare Workers Actively Working in COVID-19 Pandemic

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 8 Sayı: 2, 378 - 393, 26.08.2025

Rumeysa Özçelik , Keziban Avcı , Şenol Demirci

https://doi.org/10.38108/ouhcd.1468590

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Objective: The crisis environment caused by COVID-19 affects both the mental health and social lives of healthcare workers. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the stress, anxiety and depression levels of healthcare workers.
Methods: The data of this descriptive study were collected from 378 healthcare workers working in a training and research hospital between May-June 2021. The data were obtained by using the sociodemographic characteristics form, COVID-19 exposure and exposure status, "Perceived Stress Scale", "Beck Anxiety Scale" and "Beck Depression Inventory". Descriptive analyses, non-parametric test and Sperman Correlation analysis were used to evaluate the data.
Results: The study revealed moderate stress levels among healthcare workers, with mild levels of depression and anxiety. Gender disparities were evident, with females displaying higher anxiety levels. Additionally, factors such as parental status, years of professional experience, occupation, marital status, and COVID-19 diagnosis were correlated with higher levels of stress, anxiety, and depression scores. Notably, healthcare workers with a history of psychiatric disorders or prior psychiatric treatment exhibited heightened levels of psychological distress. In addition, a relationship was found between stress, anxiety and depression levels of healthcare workers.
Conclusion: The results obtained from the study showed that healthcare workers experienced mild to moderate stress, anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the COVID-19 pandemic, where a strong healthcare system gains importance, it may be useful to protect the mental health of healthcare workers, to take into account the factors that negatively affect mental health and to take measures against them.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Anxiety , Covid-19 , depression , pandemic , stress

COVID-19 Pandemisinde Aktif Görev Yapan Sağlık Çalışanlarının Stres, Anksiyete ve Depresyon Düzeylerinin Değerlendirilmesi

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Amaç: COVID-19’un neden olduğu kriz ortamı sağlık çalışanlarının hem mental sağlıklarını hem de sosyal yaşamlarını etkilemektedir. Bu nedenle bu çalışmada sağlık çalışanlarının stres, anksiyete ve depresyon düzeylerinin incelenmesi amaçlanmaktadır.
Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı türde olan bu çalışmanın verileri bir eğitim ve araştırma hastanesinde görev yapan 378 sağlık çalışanından, Mayıs-Haziran 2021 tarihleri arasında toplanmıştır. Veriler; sosyodemografik özellikler formu, COVID-19 maruziyeti ve bundan etkilenme durumuna ilişkin sorular, “Algılanan Stres Ölçeği”, “Beck Anksiyete Ölçeği” ve “Beck Depresyon Envanteri” kullanılarak elde edilmiştir. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde tanımlayıcı analizler, Kruskall Wallis testi, Mann Whitney testi ve Sperman Korelasyon analizi yapılmıştır.
Bulgular: Çalışmada yapılan analizler sonucunda sağlık çalışanlarının stres düzeyi orta seviyede, depresyon ve anksiyete düzeylerinin ise hafif seviyede olduğu bulunmuştur. Öte yandan çalışmada kadın sağlık çalışanlarının anksiyete; çocuğu olmayanların ve mesleki tecrübe süresi 0-14 yıl olanların stres ve depresyon; hemşire, vardiyalı değişimli çalışan, bekar ve boşanmış olanların stres, anksiyete ve depresyon puanlarının daha yüksek olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca kendisi ve aynı hanede birlikte yaşadığı kişilerden COVID-19 tanısı almış, sigara kullanan, pandemiden önce psikiyatrik rahatsızlığı olan ve pandemi sırasında psikiyatrik tedavi alan sağlık çalışanlarının da stres, anksiyete ve depresyon düzeylerinin daha yüksek olduğu belirlenmiştir. Bunlara ek olarak sağlık çalışanlarının stres, anksiyete ve depresyon düzeyleri arasında ilişki saptanmıştır.
Sonuç: Çalışmadan elde edilen sonuçlar sağlık çalışanlarının COVID-19 pandemisi sürecinde hafif-orta düzeyde stres, anksiyete ve depresyon yaşadıkları belirlenmiştir. Güçlü bir sağlık sisteminin önem kazandığı COVID-19 pandemisinde, sağlık çalışanlarının mental sağlığının korunması, mental sağlığını olumsuz yönde etkileyen faktörlerin dikkate alınması ve bunlara yönelik önlemler alınması yararlı olabilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Anksiyete , Covid-19 , depresyon , salgın , stres

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