Open AccessGender Differences in Anger Among Hospital Medical Staff Exposed to Patients with COVID-19
Author(s) -
Ulrich Wesemann,
Nino Hadjamu,
Reza Wakili,
Gerd Willmund,
James A. Vogel,
Tienush Rassaf,
Johannes Siebermair
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
health equity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.826
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2473-1242
DOI - 10.1089/heq.2020.0119
Subject(s) - anger , temperament , clinical psychology , trait , covid-19 , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , personality , social psychology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , computer science , programming language
Purpose: Occupational exposure to patients with COVID-19 is a stress factor. The aim of this study was to assess gender differences in anger among medical hospital staff. Methods: N =78 hospital employees with direct or indirect contact to patients with COVID-19 completed State-Trait Inventory-2. Results: Female personnel showed higher scores in the main “trait anger” scale and its subscale “anger temperament,” whereas “anger control-out” was significant lower. Direct patient contact had no influence. Conclusion: More specific training for female hospital staff could achieve health-related equity. Focusing on anger as a leading indicator could lead to better prevention and self-monitoring. Registered at Clinicaltrials.gov (NCT04368312).