scholarly journals Death Anxiety Levels of Healthcare Professionals in the COVID-19 Period

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-81
Author(s):  
Songül Bişkin Çetin ◽  
Hasan Sözel
Keyword(s):  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Anxiety Levels

scholarly journals Undercover fear of elderly people in nursing homes: Death anxiety and depression

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hicran Bektaş ◽  
Öznur Körükcü ◽  
Kamile Kabukcuoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Mild Depression ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Depression Level ◽  
One Way Anova

Aim: To find out the level of death anxiety and depression level among Turkish elderly people.Methods: This research was carried out on 106 elderly people aged 60 years and older from three different nursing homes. Descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, t-test, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, and correlations were used for the analyses.Results: The 25.4% of elderly were between 65-69 years old, and included most of the elderly who were male (83%), single (92.5%) and retired (35.8%).The overall mean on depression was 14.43, and the death anxiety was 7.57.  Mild depression was found in 69.8%, and no symptoms of depression were reported by 16% of the subjects. A positive correlation was found between total score of GDS and TDAS (r: 0.304, p<0.01).Conclusion: Healthcare professionals working with elderly people in nursing homes should be aware about death anxiety of the elderly.

How stressful is the Newborn Life Support airway test? An observational study

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 108-111
Author(s):  
Nicola Holme ◽  
Catherine Harrison ◽  
Paul Newland ◽  
Ben N J Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Observational Study ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Salivary Cortisol ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Significant Rise ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
The Uk

ObjectivesTo determine whether there is a significant stress response to the Newborn Life Support airway test (NLSAT) among healthcare professionals in the UK.DesignQuantitative study measuring both stress and anxiety of candidates on Newborn Life Support (NLS) courses measuring salivary cortisol levels along with validated anxiety questionnaires (State Trait Anxiety Inventory).SettingUK NLS course centres.Participants80 healthcare professionals (nurses, doctors and midwives) on NLS courses.InterventionsStress levels measured (cortisol swabs and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)) at baseline, immediately before and 20 min after starting the NLSAT.ResultsCortisol measurements failed to detect any significant rise in stress levels as a result of the NLSAT. Significant anxiety was induced by the NLSAT based on STAI scores. STAI scores rose significantly in all professionals from baseline to post-NLSAT, with the greatest change detected for midwives (+11.82 (SD 7.64, p<0.001)) compared with nurses (+8.86 (SD 12.1, p<0.001)) and doctors (+7.96 (SD 2.9.69, p<0.001)). Experience had no impact on stress levels.ConclusionsAnxiety levels induced by the NLSAT are significant and should be considered when instructing and developing the NLS course.

scholarly journals Being Both a Parent and a Healthcare Worker in the Pandemic: Who Could Be Exhausted More?

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 564
Author(s):  
Güzin Çakmak ◽  
Zeynel Abidin Öztürk
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Stress ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Stress Index ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
Clinically Significant ◽  
Related Stress

(1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the living conditions of many people. Many people felt significantly constrained. However, for individuals who are both parents and healthcare professionals, the situation seems more troubling in other ways. (2) Objectives: Based on this, we planned a study evaluating demographic characteristics, COVID-19-related anxiety levels, and parenting-related stress levels of the health care professionals who were working in the University Hospital. We also evaluated the parameters that affect COVID-19-related anxiety and parenting stress. (3) Methods: The level of COVID-19-related anxiety is assessed by the coronavirus anxiety scale. The parenting stress index-short form is used for evaluation of parenting stress. Statistical analysis was done by SPSS version 22. (4) Results: Female gender, working as a nurse, a history of COVID-19, and having a child attending daycare were parameters that increased the level of COVID-19-related anxiety. Occupation, being a parent of a schoolchild and/or primary school child, being a parent of a child receiving face-to-face education, and having more than two children were found to be risk factors for parenting stress. Clinically significant parenting stress was found to increase threefold in healthcare workers with more than two children (R2 = 0.101, p = 0.039). (5) Conclusions: Healthcare professionals, who are also parents, play a huge role both at home and in the hospital in the pandemic. Therefore, it is inevitable that their stress and anxiety levels increase. It is important to determine the factors that cause stress and anxiety and to take measures in this direction to get through this process well.

scholarly journals Effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic on Health Anxiety Levels of Healthcare Professionals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Şenay KILINÇEL ◽  
Zeynep TUNCER ◽  
Oğuzhan KILINÇEL ◽  
Esma AKPINAR ASLAN ◽  
Rukiye AY ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Health Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Levels

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 Anxiety Levels among Healthcare Professionals during Covid-19 Pandemic: A Multifactorial Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mansoor Hafeez ◽  
Arif Malik Prof. Dr
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Stress ◽  
Stress Level ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Exposed Group ◽  
Anxiety Score ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
The Family ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
Medical Healthcare

The current study focuses on psychological stress level among doctors, estimated bycalculating anxiety score. For the assessment of anxiety levels, the GAD-7 scale was used.Chi-Square test and Odd ratios were calculated among the exposed and not exposed groupsinvolved in the management of COVID-19 patients. Results revealed increased anxiety levelsin the exposed group. Besides, the availability of personal protective equipment’s and stressfrom the family to quit the job were the substantial contributing factors that increasedanxiety. Based on the results, it is proposed that the concern administrative authorities shouldconsider these findings to facilitate medical healthcare professionals.

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.

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