Risk Perception and Emotion Reaction of Chinese Health Care Workers Varied During COVID-19: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Research

Yin, Qianlan; Ying, Liu; Chen, Aibin; Song, Xiangrui; Cai, Wenpeng; Deng, Guanghui; Dong, Wei

doi:10.3389/ijph.2021.613057

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“…As a result, HCWs are at a higher risk for depression, anxiety, insomnia, and stress than the general population 34 , 35 , 36 . In addition, consistent with the findings of this study, a large study of Chinese HCWs shows a higher risk of anxiety and depression among nurses [ 37 ]. Moreover, no association between PTSD and social factors such as age and gender among HCWs.…”

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confidence: 92%

The impact of eating behaviors during COVID-19 in health-care workers: A conditional process analysis of eating, affective disorders, and PTSD

Yao¹,

Xie²,

Bai³

et al. 2022

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

The impact of eating behaviors during COVID-19 in health-care workers: A conditional process analysis of eating, affective disorders, and PTSD

Yao¹,

Xie²,

Bai³

et al. 2022

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“…Research has shown that RP is positively related to depressive states ( 38 ), and a higher RP concerning COVID-19 is notably associated with less positive or more negative emotions (NE) ( 39 ). NE, such as worry, fear, and anxiety, have been consistently associated with RP and could be significant indicators of RP ( 40 ). Studies have shown that people who perceive more risks also report higher levels of anxiety ( 41 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Analyzing Risk Communication, Trust, Risk Perception, Negative Emotions, and Behavioral Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China Using a Structural Equation Model

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Front. Public Health

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ObjectiveRisk communication and the degree of trust are major factors that affect the public's behavioral coping strategies and play an important role in emergency risk management. However, the internal formation mechanism involved in the public's psychological behavior remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the association among risk communication, trust, risk perception, negative emotions, and behavioral coping strategies during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and to identify and quantify the factors that influence public behavior.MethodsWe launched an online survey through social media from April to July 2020 in China. Relevant data were elicited using a self-designed questionnaire that mainly examined respondent characteristics, risk communication, trust, risk perception, negative emotions, protective coping behavior, and excessive coping behavior in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 735 valid responses were obtained. A structural equation model was then used to explore relationship pathways among the components.ResultsThe higher the degree of risk communication (β = −0.10, p < 0.05) and trust (β = −0.22, p < 0.001), the lower the public risk perception. Risk communication and trust had a direct effect on public behavioral coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The higher the level of risk communication (β = 0.14, p < 0.001) or trust (β = 0.48, p < 0.001), the more likely it was that this would encourage the public to adopt protective coping behaviors, while the public was less likely to engage in excessive coping behaviors as the degree of trust increased (β = −0.12, p < 0.01). Risk perception influenced by poor risk communication and trust generated negative emotions (β = 0.31, p < 0.001), and such negative emotions further positively influenced public behavioral coping strategies (whether protective [β = 0.09, p < 0.05] or excessive [β = 0.24, p < 0.001] behaviors).ConclusionRisk communication, trust, risk perception, and negative emotions were significantly directly or indirectly related to public behavior. The findings provide useful information for emergency risk management and a theoretical basis for follow-up research on public coping behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…The measurements of psychophysical risks, emotional states, and sleep quality remained stable over the course of the repeated survey, and their associations with the variables we were interested in remained consistent. In previous studies, risk perception and a decrease in negative emotions varied with the development of the pandemic [ 15 , 30 , 31 ]. The physical risk of being infected and the psychosocial risk of less family time were perceived at the highest level in each dimension.…”

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“…The questionnaire on the MATMs’ risk perception for COVID-19 referred to the risk perception questionnaire of medical staff [ 15 ]. The questionnaire was self-rated and included 12 questions about different dimensions: personal safety risk (three items), physical function risk (three items), occupational exposure risk (one item), psychosocial evaluation risk (three items), organizational risk (one item), and time pressure (one item).…”

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“…The main elements of HCWs’ perceived risks, according to a previous study, were personal health risks, risks to others’ health, social isolation, and acceptance of risks [ 12 ]. A thorough investigation came to the conclusion that HCWs’ perceptions of risk could be clustered into six dimensions: personal safety (threats to life or body usually caused by irrational patients), physical function (injuries to physical health from illnesses), occupational exposures (exposures to virus and injuries from operations), psychosocial concerns (stigmas and other social judgments), organization safety (threats to self-interest caused by hospital regulations and management), and timing pressure (limited time for own pleasures), which provides a dimensional model derived from risk perception for medical work [ 13 , 14 , 15 ]. On the background of the COVID-19 epidemic, a study of 2078 HCWs in Italy reported that HCWs highly rated the risk perception of being infected, and 63.43% of them reported that they suffered from sleep disturbances [ 16 ].…”

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Psychophysical Risk Perceptions and Sleep Quality of Medical Assistance Team Members in Square Cabin Hospitals: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study

Yin¹,

Shao²,

Zhang

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Healthcare

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Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the association between the perceptions of psychophysical risks and sleep quality of Medical Assistance Team Members (MATMs) in Square Cabin Hospitals. Methods: Repeated cross-sectional data collection was conducted in Square Cabin Hospitals during two large-scale lockdowns. The first wave was sampled from MATMs dispatched to Wuhan and the second was from MATMs dispatched to Shanghai. Participants completed online questionnaires comprised of the Risk Perception Questionnaire (RPQ), Positive and negative emotions scale (PANAS), and Sleep Quality Scale (SQS), measuring the psychophysical risk perceptions about the MATMs’ current work, emotional states, and sleep quality. Changes across two waves of data collection were statistically parsed using the exploratory factor analysis and regression models. Results: Data of 220 participants from first-wave samples [S1] and 300 from second-wave samples [S2] were analyzed. Participants reported more worries about physical risks, such as inadequate protection methods and being infected, and S1 rated higher on all risks compared with S2 (as the biggest p-value was 0.021). Across the different situations, the dominant emotional states of MATMs were positive; a higher level of psychophysical risk perceptions, negative emotional states, and poor sleep quality were consistently interrelated. The psychophysical risk perceptions predicted sleep quality. Negative emotions as a state variable intensified the relationship between physical risk perceptions and sleep quality (bindirect effect = 1.084, bootstrapped CI = [0.705, 1.487]). Conclusions: The results provide important evidence that MATMs’ higher level of psychophysical risk perceptions associated with negative emotions could indicate worse sleep quality.

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Risk Perception and Emotion Reaction of Chinese Health Care Workers Varied During COVID-19: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Research

Cited by 8 publications

References 49 publications

The impact of eating behaviors during COVID-19 in health-care workers: A conditional process analysis of eating, affective disorders, and PTSD

The impact of eating behaviors during COVID-19 in health-care workers: A conditional process analysis of eating, affective disorders, and PTSD

Analyzing Risk Communication, Trust, Risk Perception, Negative Emotions, and Behavioral Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China Using a Structural Equation Model

Psychophysical Risk Perceptions and Sleep Quality of Medical Assistance Team Members in Square Cabin Hospitals: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study

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