COVID-19 Pandemisinin Sağlık Çalışanlarında Kaygı, Öfke, Uyku ve Duygu Düzenleme ile İlişkisi

Abstract

Objective: Epidemic diseases have caused significant mental responses throughout the society and especially healthcare professionals, as well as those who have been infected. Healthcare professionals have a big role in the fight against the new coronavirus infection . When the literature is reviewed in terms of risky professions, as the cases increase, the psychological influence has increased significantly among the healthcare professionals dealing with the care of patients as an occupational group. The aim of this study is to research the effect of pandemic on anxiety, anger, sleep and emotion regulation in healthcare professionals. Material and Method:The study included 261 doctors and 145 nurses. Data were collected by the Sociodemographic Data Form, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAEI), Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). Results: State anxiety levels 50.5%, anger levels 34.8%, insomnia severity levels 35.4% and 36.1% of emotion regulation difficulty levels were detected of healthcare professions. It was determined that the state anxiety level increases the levels of trait anger and insomnia severity, the level of emotion regulation difficulty increases the levels of trait anger and the level of insomnia severity increases the level of trait anger of healthcare professions significantly. Conclusion:We consider that the study will be guiding in terms of the degree of mental response of the healthcare professionals and the psychological and social support to be given to this group after the pandemic.

Insomnia Severity of Academicians Working in Health Sciences in Coronavi̇rus Pandemic

“…Also in this study, it was found that the gender variable had no effect on the severity of insomnia. However, there are studies in the literature where the ISI median and mean score of female are higher than male (Salcan & Sarıkaya, 2020;Söğütlü et al, 2021). Similarly, in this study, female academicians' total ISI score average was found to be higher than male.…”

“…Questionnaire Form: It includes some socio-demographic questions such as age, gender, academic title of people in line with the literature (Salcan & Sarıkaya, 2020;Scotta et al, 2020;Söğütlü et al, 2021) by the researchers.…”

“…Epidemics throughout history have caused various psychological effects not only on those who suffered from the disease but also on the general public (Söğütlü et al, 2021). COVID-19 pandemic that emerged first in December of 2019 in the World and in Turkey on 10 March 2020, showed a very rapid spread and influenced the whole world.…”

To Work or Not to Work, That Is the Question: The Psychological Impact of the First COVID-19 Lockdown on the Elderly, Healthcare Workers, and Virtual Workers

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Emotional Control among Nurses against Work Conditions and the Support Received during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

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