Fear, Anxiety, Burnout, and Insomnia Levels of Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey

BACKGROUND: This study aims to assess fear, anxiety, anxiety sensitivity, burnout, and insomnia of healthcare workers (HCWs) during novel coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak and to identify their relation to sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Totally 600 HCWs were included in this cross-sectional study. A Sociodemographic Data Form, Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS), Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S), Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 (ASI-3), Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) were used.

RESULTS: Of participants, 364 were females and 236 were males with a mean age of 33.49±7.29 years. About 95.3% of HCWs had a fear of infecting their loved ones. Mean MBI and ISI scores were significantly higher among HCWs working in COVID-19 clinics and intensive care units (p=0.000; p=0.039). Mean CAS, FCV-19S, MBI, and ISI scores were significantly higher in women than men (p=0.000; p=0.000; p=0.027; p=0.005). Mean CAS and ISI scores were significantly higher among nurses (p=0.008; p=0.004), while mean ASI-3 of the other HCWs and MBI scores of physicians were significantly higher (p=0.009; p=0.000).

CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic is a major health issue associated with psychiatric illnesses in HCW subgroups with distinct sociodemographic characteristics. It is of utmost importance to develop individualized preventive and therapeutic psychiatric services for HCWs.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Psychiatria Danubina - 33(2021), Suppl 13 vom: 29. Dez., Seite 350-356

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yılmaz, Yavuz [VerfasserIn]
Erdoğan, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Bahadır, Erdi [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.02.2022

Date Revised 15.02.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM336826389