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Healthcare workers' anxieties and coping strategies during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Turkey
Author(s) -
Özçevik Subaşi Damla,
Akça Sümengen Aylin,
Şimşek Enes,
Ocakçı Ayşe Ferda
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/ppc.12755
Subject(s) - pandemic , anxiety , coping (psychology) , health care , covid-19 , psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , disease , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , law
Abstract Purpose This study aimed to investigate the anxiety levels of healthcare workers and the coping strategies they used for stress during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Design and Methods This descriptive cross‐sectional study was carried out in April 2020 in Turkey with 444 healthcare workers via three online questionnaires: A participant information form, the State Anxiety Inventory (SAI), and the Ways of Coping Questionnaire. Findings Healthcare workers might be considered to experience more anxiety during the pandemic than shown in the studies conducted before the pandemic. Significant differences in SAI score were found in terms of age, gender, and education status. Practice Implications Age, gender, and some variables related to the pandemic affected the anxiety levels and coping strategies of healthcare workers.