scholarly journals The Relationship Between Anxiety and Depression Levels with Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies in Health Care Workers During The COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asli Besirli
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals ANXIETY, RESILIENCE AND COPING STRATEGIES AMONG THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2021 ◽  
pp. 147-150
Author(s):  
Varsha S ◽  
Smitha Ruckmani
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Coping Strategy ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Normal Population ◽  
Brief Cope ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Coping

Background:The covid-19 pandemic has proved to be the most difficult period of everyone's life,as it brings with it the fear of infection, fatality, physical difficulties, lack of certainty around people's life, However it is considerably challenging for the health care workers, for their nature of work makes them more vulnerable to get infected than the normal population,It is common for the health care workers to experience anxiety in the face of current pandemic.thus the present study focuses on the anxiety levels and coping strategies among health care workers during pandemic .The objective of this study is to assess levels of anxiety,resilience and ways of coping among health care workers.A total of 40 samples shall be taken for the present study,The standardized tools to be used in the study are a) Covid-19 anxiety scale (Lee, S.A 2020) b) Brief Cope Inventory (Carver 1997) c) Brief Resilience scale (smith and colleagues 2008) The hypotheses of the current study states that 1)There is a significant level of anxiety among health care workers 2) There is a significant relationship between the levels of anxiety and coping strategy 3) There is a significant relationship between resilience and levels of anxiety, 4) There is a significant difference between gender and level of anxiety 5) There is a significant difference between gender and coping strategy. The present study shall be insightful in terms of understanding the prevalence of anxiety among health care workers,and the role of coping strategy plays in elevating or ameliorating anxiety,It can be helpful in planning the interventions for future studies.The present study shall be helpful in understanding the level of anxiety among health care workers and what kind of coping strategy are predominantly used by the health care workers, and how adaptive/ maladaptive coping strategy influence the levels of anxiety,thus it can be helpful in planning the appropriate interventions for the target population in the future studies.

scholarly journals Disease Perception and Coping with Emotional Distress During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey Among Medical Staff

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (13) ◽  
pp. 4899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Adina Man ◽  
Claudia Toma ◽  
Nicoleta Stefania Motoc ◽  
Octavia Luiza Necrelescu ◽  
Cosmina Ioana Bondor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
Illness Perception ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
World Health ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
And Coping

The novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, is a highly contagious infectious disease declared by the World Health Organization to be a pandemic and a global public health emergency. During outbreaks, health care workers are submitted to an enormous emotional burden as they must balance the fundamental “duty to treat” with their parallel duties to family and loved ones. The aims of our study were to evaluate disease perceptions, levels of stress, emotional distress, and coping strategies among medical staff (COVID-19 versus non-COVID-19 departments) in a tertiary pulmonology teaching hospital in the first month after the outbreak of COVID-19. One hundred and fifteen health care workers completed four validated questionnaires (the brief illness perception questionnaire, perceived stress scale, the profile of emotional distress emotional, and the cognitive coping evaluation questionnaire) that were afterwards interpreted by one psychologist. There was a high level of stress and psychological distress among health care workers in the first month after the pandemic outbreak. Interestingly, there were no differences between persons that worked in COVID-19 departments versus those working in non-COVID-19 departments. Disease perceptions and coping mechanisms were similar in the two groups. As coping mechanisms, refocusing on planning and positive reappraisal were used more than in the general population. There is no difference in disease perceptions, levels of stress, emotional distress, and coping strategies in medical staff handling COVID-19 patients versus those staff who were not handling COVID-19 patients in the first month after the pandemic outbreak.

scholarly journals CHALLENGES AND COPING STRATEGIES FOR CORONA WARRIORS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahendra Kumar ◽  
Shweta Talati ◽  
Pankaj Arora ◽  
Mukhtiar Gill
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Psychological Burden ◽  
Difficult Time ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Regular Training

Background: The Corona Virus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic is indubitably one of the deadliest events recorded in the 21st century. By the beginning of the year, 2020 the COVID-19 virus has taken the world by surprise and posed a huge challenge to one and all. This pandemic has revealed the existing state of our health care system along with the condition of health care workers (HCWs) with respect to preparedness for such crisis time. During this pandemic, healthcare workers are playing a crucial role in the early detection of cases, contact tracing, and treatment of patients. Methods and Material: Literature search was done regarding challenges faced by healthcare institutions and health care workers during COVID-19 pandemic from multiple databases. The studies published between June 2020 to January 2021 were considered. The articles were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: COVID-19 pandemic as uncovered our preparations to handle pandemic. Health care workers have gone through a difficult time including experiencing stigma, physical and psychological burden. The healthcare institutions had faced shortages of personal protective equipment (PPEs), trained human resource and basic facilities. Conclusion: This review underlines the current discussion about the challenges faced by HCW during the COVID-19 pandemic and their coping strategies. An effective, coordinated, and sincere effort towards helping HCWs by developing congenial environment, provision of regular training, psychological support is pivotal to motivate them to work during such crisis. Keywords: COVID-19; Health Care Workers; Stigma; Pandemic; PPEs

scholarly journals Psychological status of healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic: a single center observational study from Peshawar

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 03-06
Author(s):  
Wajeeha Qayyum ◽  
Asad Khalil ◽  
Mohammad Jawad ◽  
Seema Ashraf
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Psychological Status ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Medical Institute ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Care Workers

Introduction: Infectious pandemics are a significant health risk to the general population, but much more so for the frontline health care workers tending patients at different locations. The increased workload, stress, fear, and anxiety are the burdens to be coped with by health professionals through resort to resiliency and other mechanisms.Objective: To determine the magnitude of depression / anxiety and factors associated with it in health care workers of a tertiary care hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.Materials & Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar after approval from Rehman Medical Institute Research Ethics Committee. A structured questionnaire consisting of two sections was distributed by convenience sampling to health care workers in the hospital, the first part containing demographic information, and the second part consisting of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) comprised of 14 scales to assess anxiety and depression. Scoring for Normal, Borderline Abnormal, and Definitive Disorder was done as per standard criteria. Data were analyzed for descriptive statistics by SPSS 22. Results: Total 327 participants were included in the study, having mean age of 30.19 ± 7.82 years, of which 230(70.3%) were males. The majority of health care workers 226(69.1%) were suffering from disturbed mental status either in the form of Anxiety (19.9%), Depression (8%) or Mixed Disorder (41.3%). Factors associated with high disease frequency were female gender, age group 21-30 years, nursing staff, workers of ICU and Hostel residence (p value <0.05). Conclusion: COVID-19 related psychological disturbances significantly affected healthcare staff of a tertiary care hospital of Peshawar, being more evident in females, younger age groups, nurses, and ICU staff on duty.

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