Anxiety symptoms in healthcare workers and their children during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey

Year 2020, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 321 - 330, 20.12.2020

Berkan Şahin , Esra Hoşoğlu Bedia Önal

https://doi.org/10.37696/nkmj.781331

Abstract

Objective: Infectious disease outbreaks not only affect the physical health of patients but also affect the psychological health and well-being of the uninfected population. High rates of psychiatric symptoms and stress are observed in the general population in COVID-19 pandemic and healthcare workers (HCWs) reported higher-risk perception and anxiety level. We aimed to evaluate the anxiety levels of HCWs and their children during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.
Material and Method: A total of 121 HCWs and 121 HCWs’ children aged 8-17 were included from 23 different cities to assess the anxiety level of them during the COVID-19 pandemic by using an online questionnaire. The Beck Anxiety Inventory and the parent Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) were applied to all the HCWs. The child SCARED which has a self-report scale for children of the HCWs had completed. COVID-19 Pandemic Questionnaire was applied to determine stress levels and lifestyle changes.
Results: All of the HCWs had mild to severe anxiety, about 17% reported moderate and 27% reported severe anxiety severity. 40 (33.06%) children were over cut-off for total score in both SCARED the parents and the child version. Children anxiety showed a positive correlation with Beck Anxiety Inventory and COVID-19 Pandemic Questionnaire (<0.001).
Conclusion: The current study found that HCWs and their children experienced a high level of anxiety in the COVID-19 pandemic. It was detected that a positive correlation between HCWs and their children’s anxiety.

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Anxiety, children, pandemic, healthcare worker, COVID-19

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Türkiye'de COVID-19 pandemisi sırasında sağlık çalışanlarında ve çocuklarında anksiyete belirtileri

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Amaç: Bulaşıcı hastalık salgınları sadece hastaların fiziksel sağlığını etkilemekle kalmaz, aynı zamanda enfekte olmamış nüfusun psikolojik sağlığını ve refahını da etkiler. COVID-19 pandemisinde genel popülasyonda yüksek oranda psikiyatrik semptom ve stres görülmekte ve sağlık çalışanları daha yüksek risk algısı ve anksiyete düzeyi bildirmiştir. Türkiye’de COVID-19 salgını sırasında sağlık çalışanlarının ve çocuklarının kaygı düzeylerini değerlendirmeyi amaçladık.
Materyal ve Metot: Çevrimiçi bir anket kullanarak COVID-19 pandemisi sırasındaki kaygı düzeylerini değerlendirmek için 23 farklı şehirden toplamda 121 sağlık çalışanı ve 8-17 yaş arası 121 sağlık çalışanının çocuğu çalışmaya dahil edildi. Beck Anksiyete Envanteri ve Çocuklarda Anksiyete Tarama Ölçeği (ÇATÖ) ebeveyn formu tüm sağlık çalışanlarına uygulandı. Sağlık çalışanlarının çocukları bir öz bildirim ölçeği olan ÇATÖ çocuk formunu tamamladı. Stres seviyelerini ve yaşam tarzı değişikliklerini belirlemek için bir COVID-19 Pandemi Anketi uygulandı.
Bulgular: Tüm sağlık çalışanlarının hafif ila şiddetli aralıkta anksiyetesi vardı, yaklaşık %17'si orta düzeyde ve %27'si şiddetli düzeyde anksiyete bildirdi. 40 (%33.06) çocuk, ÇATÖ ölçeğinin hem ebeveyn hem de çocuk versiyonunda kesme puanın üzerinde toplam skora sahipti. Çocukların kaygısı Beck Anksiyete Envanteri ve COVID-19 Pandemi Anketi ile pozitif korelasyon gösterdi (<0.001).
Sonuç: Sağlık çalışanlarının ve çocuklarının COVID-19 pandemisinde yüksek düzeyde anksiyete yaşadıkları bulundu. Sağlık çalışanları ve çocuklarının kaygısı arasında pozitif bir korelasyon olduğu tespit edildi.

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Kaygı, çocuklar, pandemi, sağlık çalışanı, COVID-19

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