Determining The Anxiety Levels Of Emergency Health Workers In The Covid-19 Pandemic
Zeynep Karaman Özlü1, ibrahim özlü4, Merve KAYA2, Erdal Tekin4, Nazım Onur Can31Department of Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Anesthesiology Clinical Research Office, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey2Atatürk University Faculty of Nursing Department of Surgical Nursing, Erzurum, Turkey
3Department of Emergency, Erzurum District Research Hospitals, Erzurum, Turkey
4Department of Emergency, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Aim: This study aims to determine the anxiety levels of emergency health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. It was conducted using face-to-face interviews with 153 healthcare professionals in emergency service clinics and who intervened patients with suspected COVID-19. The study data were obtained using a descriptive characteristics questionnaire and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).
Results: The emergency health workers’ mean state anxiety score was 42.76±10.06, the mean Trait Anxiety score was 42.11±8.22 and the total scale mean score was 84.88±15.11. No statistically significant relationships were found between STAI scores and the participants’ descriptive characteristics (workplace, gender, marital status, age, profession, years in the profession and satisfaction with work conditions).
Conclusions: The results of the study revealed that emergency healthcare workers experienced anxiety at the panic level.
Keyword: Anxiety, Emergency, Covid-19
Corresponding Author: Zeynep Karaman Özlü, Türkiye
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