scholarly journals Anxiety Levels of Healthcare Professionals’ Relatives During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-13
Author(s):  
Giray Kolcu ◽  
Gokmen Ozceylan
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Anxiety Level ◽  
Moderate Correlation ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Anxiety Levels

Aim: Health workers are the most important risk groups in the last century outbreaks. This situation creates anxiety in the relatives of healthcare workers as well as in healthcare workers. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the anxiety levels of the relatives of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 epidemic. Methods: The study was designed as a longitudinal study in quantitative research design. In the study, data were collected regularly every day for 20 days between 20.03.2020-08.04.2020, when the coronavirus pandemic continued, and these data were associated with the data of the Ministry of Health. Results: One thousand one hundres and eighty participants' opinions were collected for the study. In the study process, it was observed that the anxiety level at 20.03.2020 was 8.25±5.36 and it increased to 17.21±17.07 on 08.04.2020. The relationship between the anxiety level of the participants and the total number of cases the total number of deaths were weak. There was a moderate correlation between the number of deaths per day and the number of patients recovering per day. In the study, it was shown that there is a moderate correlation between the anxiety levels and the level of knowledge of the opinion makers. In this upward trend, it has been observed that there are 3 breaking points: 23-24.03.2020, 28-29.03.2020 and 05-06.04.2020. Conclusion: In our study described the first cases of anxiety in the vicinity of 20 health workers in Turkey after the first day (twenty) were found to correlate with increased number of deaths in days. It was observed that anxiety level correlated weakly with the total number of cases / deaths, but moderately with the number of daily deaths / recovered patients in the relatives of the health studies. This situation was interpreted as that although the anxiety of healthcare workers was affected by the process, it was more affected by daily changes. Relatives as well as healthcare professionals also experienced a manageable anxiety during the COVID-19 outbreak. We believe that information and rehabilitation programs should be developed for the relatives of healthcare professionals in order to maintain the resilience / resiliency of healthcare professionals. Keywords: anxiety, coronavirus, pandemics, Family Medicine

scholarly journals Psychological Adjustment of Healthcare Workers in Italy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences in Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Burnout, Secondary Trauma, and Compassion Satisfaction between Frontline and Non-Frontline Professionals

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (22) ◽  
pp. 8358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Trumello ◽  
Sonia Monique Bramanti ◽  
Giulia Ballarotto ◽  
Carla Candelori ◽  
Luca Cerniglia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Adjustment ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Secondary Trauma ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Compassion Satisfaction ◽  
Psychological Support ◽  
Targeted Prevention ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
The Impact

Emergency situations have been associated with negative psychological adjustment outcomes in healthcare professionals, although studies on the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic amongst Italian health workers are limited. The main aim of this study was to investigate the psychological adjustment of healthcare professionals during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, evaluating differences according to working or not with patients affected by COVID-19 and in areas with a more severe spread of this pandemic. Healthcare professionals’ attitudes toward psychological support were analyzed. The levels of anxiety, depression, psychological stress, and professional quality of life (compassion satisfaction, burnout, and compassion fatigue) and attitudes toward psychological support were measured among 627 Italian healthcare workers (mean age = 40.55 years; SD = 11.49; range: 27–72). Significantly higher levels of stress, burnout, secondary trauma, anxiety, and depression were observed among professionals working with COVID-19 patients. Higher levels of stress and burnout and lower levels of compassion satisfaction were detected in professionals working in areas with higher rates of contagion. No interaction effects were found between working (or not) with patients affected by COVID-19 and working (or not) in areas with a more severe diffusion of this pandemic. Finally, in the group of professionals who worked with COVID-19 patients, the percentage of professionals who thought to ask for psychological support was twice that of the group that did not work with COVID-19 patients. The overall findings indicate that the mental health of frontline healthcare workers requires further consideration and that targeted prevention and intervention programs are necessary.

scholarly journals VIOLENT ACTS AGAINST HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS AND WORKERS IN HUNGARY

2021 ◽  
pp. 49-71
Author(s):  
GABRIELLA RÁCZKEVY-DEÁK
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Verbal Abuse ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Violent Acts ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Simulation Practice ◽  
Self Defence ◽  
Communication Simulation

Povzetek Namen te presečne kvantitativne raziskave je ugotoviti, katera oblika nasilja je v madžarskih zdravstvenih ustanovah najpogostejša. Z njo želimo oceniti, ali se v teh ustanovah izvaja usposabljanje za komunikacijo, simulacijo in samoobrambo. Cilj je ugotoviti, ali bi se zaposleni udeležili takega usposabljanja, ter oceniti povezanost med usposobljenostjo (komunikacija, simulacija, samoobramba) in stopnjo samozavesti. Žrtve večine nasilnih dejanj pacientov so zdravstveni delavci. Najpogostejša oblika agresije pacientov in njihovih svojcev je verbalna agresija, vključno z zbadanjem, verbalno zlorabo in grožnjami z zlorabo. Podatki kažejo, da zgolj usposabljanje v komunikaciji ni dovolj za dvig samozavesti pri zdravstvenih delavcih. Treba jim je zagotoviti orodje, kot so na primer praktične vaje po usposabljanju iz samoobrambe ali simulacija, saj to olajša komunikacijo zaposlenega. Ključne besede Agresija, zdravstvo, preventiva, usposabljanje, samoobramba, samozavest. Abstract The present cross-sectional quantitative research aims to gain a sense of which form of violence is the most common in Hungarian healthcare institutions. It aims to assess whether communication, simulation, and self-defence training is provided in institutions, to find out whether workers would participate in such training, and to assess the relationship between training (communication, simulation, self-defence) and confidence. Healthcare workers are affected by most acts of violence coming from patients. The most common type of aggression on the part of patients and relatives is verbal aggression, including teasing, verbal abuse, and threats of abuse. The data show that communication training alone is not enough to make health workers confident. They should have a tool in their hands, e.g., practice after self-defence education, simulation practice, as this makes it easier for the employee to communicate. Key words Aggression, healthcare, prevention, training, self-defence, confidence.

scholarly journals Anxiety in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-17
Author(s):  
Marija Lazarević
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Emotional Reaction ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Beck Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Fear And Anxiety ◽  
The City

Objective. At the time of a pandemic, anxiety is a common occurrence in those persons who are exposed to direct contact with the patients or the possibility of the same. The aim of the study was to determine the degree of anxiety among medical workers employed in the city of Loznica and suburban municipalities, at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods. Anxiety in 120 adult health workers (36 males, 84 females, 25-65 years old) at the time of the pandemic was assessed based on the value of Beck Anxiety Inventory for determining the degree of anxiety, which was sent electronically to all respondents in the days of the epidemic increase and peak in the number of patients infected with COVID-19 virus. The results. The analysis of the results yielded a mean value of the Beck Anxiety Inventory for the assessment of fear and anxiety of 6.82 (standard deviation, 7.49, range 0-39), which is a state of anxiety without clinical significance. There were no statistically significant differences of the mean Beck Anxiety Inventory values between study subgroups based on subjects' gender (p=0.32), age (p=0.96) and education (p=0.06) categories. Conclusion. The paper presents the emotional reaction of health workers in the city of Loznica and suburban municipalities during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was determined that the anxiety reaction is not present in a significant form, and the most common psychosomatic reactions that occur at the peak of a pandemic are presented.

scholarly journals The memory of an outrageous public health scandal

2021 ◽  
pp. 130-133
Author(s):  
Sally de França Lacerda Rolim ◽  
Claudio Gleidiston Lima da Silva ◽  
Fabian Danilo Unigarro Ramirez ◽  
Raul Cesar Fortaleza Pinheiro ◽  
Juliane dos Anjos de Paula ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Oxygen Depletion ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
The Social ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
Logistical Problem

Introduction: Manaus is an isolated city, localized in the hearth of the Amazonas rainforest, with two million inhabitants, a big territorial extension, distant from neighbor cities and next to the shores of Negro and Solimões rivers. The access overland is difficult, which obligates the oxygen tanks be transported by river or air.  This created and enormous logistical problem, added to the neglect of the Federal Government with the northern region of the country. Objective: Analyze what are the psychiatric repercussions on the explosion of in the lack of oxygen in Manaus, capital of the Amazonas, Brazil. Methods: Studies were identified using large-circulation international journals. Results: A scandal is happening. This situation is creating a grief community – particular grief became a common and public one – to the memory of an outrageous public health scandal. Therefore, dramatic stories of families of patients and the overwhelmed healthcare professionals shared on the social media and local press brings glimpses of the angst of this chaos. An entire wing of patients died caused by the oxygen depletion. Conclusion: This situation is causing a collective hysteria, taking healthcare workers and families of patients to desperation. Fear appears to be a consequence of the feeling of powerlessness. Anxiety levels are really elevated causing direct side effects to another mental health measures.

scholarly journals PENGARUH TERAPI RELAKSASI AUDIO MUROTTAL AL-QUR’AN TERHADAP PERUBAHAN TINGKAT KECEMASAN PADA PASIEN YANG DI RAWAT DI RUANGAN ICU RUMAH SAKIT AMINAH

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 487-490
Author(s):  
Yeni Sulistyowati ◽  
Muhammad Taufik Daniel Hasibuan
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Statistical Test ◽  
P Value ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Anxiety Levels

Murottal therapy is one type of music therapy that has a positive influence on listeners, where when someone listens to murottal therapy it will provide stimulation to the eardrum which will then be transmitted through the auditory nerve to the auditory cortex in the brain so that there will be a decrease in cortisol which can cause a relaxed feeling. and comfortable. This study aims to determine the effect of audio murottal al-qur'an relaxation therapy on the anxiety level of patients treated in the ICU. The research method used is quantitative research with quasi-experimental design and one group pretest posttest design and statistical test using Wicolxon test. The population studied were patients who were treated in the ICU room of Aminah Hospital and the sample studied was 38 people who were taken by using purposive sampling technique. The results of the study using the Wicolxon statistical test, obtained p value = 0.000 (p < = 0.05), it can be concluded that there is an effect of anxiety levels before and after giving murottal Al-Qu'an therapy to decrease anxiety levels. From the results of this study, it is hoped that all health workers in the ICU will continue to improve their performance and routinely provide Ar-Rahman letter therapy to patients who experience anxiety while being treated in the ICU.   Abstrak Terapi murottal merupakan salah satu jenis terapi musik yang memiliki pengaruh positif pada pendengar, dimana saat seseorang mendengarkan terapi murottal maka akan memberikan rangsangan pada gendang telinga yang kemudian akan diteruskan melalui saraf pendengaran ke korteks pendengaran di otak sehingga akan terjadi penurunan kortisol yang dapat menimbulkan perasaan santai dan nyaman. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh terapi relaksasi audio murottal al-qur’an terhadap tingkat kecemaasan pasien yang di rawat di ruangan ICU. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian kuantitatif dengan desain eksperimen semu dan rancangan one group pretest posttest serta uji statistik menggunakan Uji Wicolxon. Populasi yang diteliti adalah pasien yang di rawat di ruangan ICU Rumah Sakit Aminah dan sampel yang diteliti sebanyak 38 orang yang diambil dengan cara menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Hasil penelitian dengan menggunakan uji statistik wicolxon di dapatkan p value = 0.000 (p<α=0.05), maka dapat disimpulkan ada pengaruh tingkat kecemasan sebelum dan sesudah pemberikan terapi murottal Al-Qu'an terhadap penurunan tingkat kecemasan. Dari hasil penelitian ini diharapkan kepada semua petugas kesehatan yang ada di ruang ICU agar tetap meningkatkan kinerja dan rutin memberikan terapi surat Ar-Rahman kepada pasien yang mengalami kecemasan saat di rawat di ruang ICU.

scholarly journals Burnout among Healthcare Professionals in Ghana: A Critical Assessment

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen T. Odonkor ◽  
Kwasi Frimpong
Keyword(s):  
Health Worker ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Percentage Score ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Acute Crisis

Health workers are prone to burnout, which can have an adverse effect on their person and the patients to whom care is offered. The goal of this paper was to assess the levels of burnout experienced by healthcare workers in Accra, Ghana. The study was conducted using the cross-sectional study design. Questionnaires were used to obtain data from 365 respondents who worked in 12 major healthcare facilities. Data obtained were analyzed with SPSS version 23. Majority of the respondents were females (56.7%) as against males (43.3%). The total score for all burnout variables among health worker groups ranged from good (71.50%), alarming (12.60%), acute crisis (6.02%), and burnout (9.90%). Among the health worker groups, nurses had the highest percentage score values for all burnout variables. There was an association between burnout and these sociodemographic characteristics: age (p<0.001), gender (p=0.003), educational qualification (p<0.001), occupation (p<0.001), years of work experience (p<0.001), marital status (p<0.001), and parenthood (having children) (p<0.001). It is recommended that measures should be put in place in Ghanaian hospitals to assess stress and burnout levels to ensure people who are going through such situations are properly cared and supported.

scholarly journals Investigation of anxiety levels of 1637 healthcare workers during the epidemic of COVID-19

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. e0243890
Author(s):  
Meiping Shen ◽  
Hongzhen Xu ◽  
Junfen Fu ◽  
Tianlin Wang ◽  
Zangzang Fu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Condition ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Anxiety Level ◽  
Zhejiang Province ◽  
First Line ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Risk Coefficient ◽  
Gender Education ◽  
Anxiety Levels

Objective This study aimed to investigate the anxiety levels of healthcare workers and to provide guidance on potential accurate social and psychological interventions for healthcare workers during the epidemic of COVID-19 in Zhejiang Province, China. Methods Healthcare workers from five hospitals in Zhejiang Province were randomly selected into this study. Zung Self-Assessment Scale for Anxiety (SAS) was used to evaluate the anxiety status of the included 1637 healthcare workers. Results The total anxiety score of healthcare workers in Zhejiang Province was 30.85 ± 6.89. The univariate analysis showed that the anxiety level of healthcare workers was related to gender, education, occupation, physical condition, job risk coefficient, and with family members on the first-line combating COVID-19 (P <0.05). The multivariate analysis showed that physical condition and job risk coefficient were predictors of anxiety levels of healthcare workers. Conclusions During the epidemic of COVID-19, 1637 healthcare workers generally had an increased tendency to have anxiety. Individualized assessment of the anxiety level of healthcare workers should be provided, and different interventions should be given based on the evaluation results.

scholarly journals Risk perceptions and preventive practices of COVID-19 among healthcare professionals in public hospitals in Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wakgari Deressa ◽  
Alemayehu Worku ◽  
Workeabeba Abebe ◽  
Muluken Gizaw ◽  
Wondwosson Amogne
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Preventive Practices

AbstractHealthcare professionals are at higher risk of contracting the novel coronavirus due to their work exposure in the healthcare settings. Practicing appropriate preventive measures to control COVID-19 infection is one of the most important interventions that healthcare workers are expected to use. The aim of this study was to assess the level of risk perception and practices of preventive measures of COVID-19 among health workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted from 9th to 26th June 2020 among healthcare professionals working at six public hospitals in Addis Ababa. Data were collected using a self-administered structured questionnaire. Frequency, percentage, and mean were used to summarize the data. A binary logistic regression analyses were performed to identify factors associated with risk perception about COVID-19. A total of 1,134 participants were surveyed. Wearing facemask (93%), hand washing for at least 20 seconds (93%), covering mouth and nose while coughing or sneezing (91%), and avoiding touching eyes, nose, and mouth (91%) were the commonly self-reported preventive practices. About 88% perceived that they were worried about the risk of becoming infected with coronavirus, and majority (91%) worried about the risk of infection to their family. The mean score of overall fear and worry of COVID-19 was 2.37 on a scale of 1 to 3. Respondents who ever provided clinical care to COVID-19 patients were more likely to report fear and worry (adjusted OR=1.34, 95% CI:1.02-1.91), however those who ever participated in Ebola or SARS outbreaks were less likely to report fear and worry due to COVID-19 crisis (adjusted OR=0.66, 95% CI:0.48-0.90). This study has revealed widespread practices of preventive measures and the highest perceived risk of COVID-19 among healthcare workers. Therefore, an effective risk communication intervention should be implemented to ensure the maintenance of appropriate practices during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Assessment of knowledge about childhood autism spectrum disorder among healthcare workers in Makkah-Saudi Arabia

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aalia Akhtar Hayat ◽  
Areej Habib Meny ◽  
Nabila Salahuddin ◽  
Faisal M. Alnemary ◽  
Kumar-Ricky Ahuja ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Childhood Autism ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
P Value ◽  
The Mean

Objective: To measure the knowledge of healthcare professionals about increasingly prevalent Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) along with perceptions around its management and prognosis and comparison across various specialties. Methods: This Cross sectional survey based comparative analysis took place at Maternity and Children Hospital and King Faisal Hospital Makkah from December 2017 to May 2018. The validated self-administered “Knowledge about childhood autism among health workers” questionnaire was used along with additional questions regarding perceptions about ASD. The mean and mean percent scores were calculated. Chi squared test and ANOVA were applied to find the association between quantitative and qualitative variables respectively. Results: Out of 162 participants, 153 returned the questionnaire and 147 were included in final analysis. Physicians constituted 81.6% (120) of participants. The mean score for participants was 9.80(S.E.M ±0.32) where non-physicians yielded higher mean score (11.2±4.41) as compared to physicians (9.6±3.28) (p=0.113). Psychiatrists had highest score of 16/19 while general physicians had lowest (6/19). Participants with more years of experience had higher mean scores (p-value = 0.01). About 72.10% (106) of participants opted for medication as a treatment option. Nearly 38.1% (56) of participants were skeptical about improvement of ASD with early interventions. Conclusion: There is a lack of knowledge about ASD amongst healthcare professionals in Saudi Arabia. Experienced professionals working with ASD children can be utilized to deliver targeted trainings nationwide. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.4.605 How to cite this:Hayat AA, Meny AH, Salahuddin N, Alnemary FM, Ahuja KR, Azeem MW. Assessment of knowledge about childhood autism spectrum disorder among healthcare workers in Makkah- Saudi Arabia. Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(4):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.4.605 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF COVID-19 INFORMATION ON WHATSAPP SOCIAL MEDIA TOWARDS COMMUNITY ANXIETY LEVEL

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
Puji Lestari ◽  
Ikhsan Fauzi Adha ◽  
Titik Kusmantini ◽  
Yuli Chandrasari
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Anxiety Level ◽  
Uses And Gratification ◽  
Uses And Gratification Theory ◽  
The People ◽  
Information Spread ◽  
Information Exposure ◽  
Anxiety Levels

Many people in the Sorogenen Village and Mitra Griya Asri Housing communities are concerned about the COVID-19 information spread via the WhatsApp group social media. The goal of this study was to see how exposure to COVID-19 information on WhatsApp affected anxiety levels in the hamlet and housing communities, as well as to look at how exposure to COVID-19 information on WhatsApp affected anxiety levels in the communities. The Uses and Gratification Theory, Information Exposure Theory, Anxiety Theory, and Individual Difference Theory are all investigated in this study. The quantitative research method was applied, with each sample area consisting of 100 participants. All of the ideas employed in this study were evaluated on the designated population, according to the findings. The findings of the hypothesis 1 test show that the greater the exposure to COVID-19 information on WhatsApp, the higher the residents of Sorogenen Padukuhan's anxiety level. Hypothesis 2 was tested, claiming that the higher the level of exposure to COVID-19 information on WhatsApp social media, the higher the level of anxiety among Mitra Griya Asri Housing residents; and hypothesis 3 was tested, claiming that there is a difference in the effect of COVID-19 information on the people of the communities, but no difference in the level of anxiety among these residents. This research provides scientific contributions in the form of indicators of critical thinking to strengthen active audiences on Uses and Gratification Theory and intensity indicators on Information Exposure Theory.

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