Open AccessRisk Factors for Anxiety in Medical Health Workers during Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Medan, Indonesia
Author(s) -
Anastasia Venny Fransisca Sipayung,
Elmeida Effendy,
Mustafa M. Amin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
open access macedonian journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 1857-9655
DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2021.5903
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , marital status , depression (economics) , pandemic , disease , outbreak , cross sectional study , covid-19 , psychiatry , hospital anxiety and depression scale , family medicine , environmental health , infectious disease (medical specialty) , population , virology , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a virus outbreak that is infecting many people almost all over the world, including Indonesia. The impact of this pandemic also affects medical health workers who are in charge of treating COVID-19 patients where they are at high risk of being infected. This causes psychological disorders such as anxiety and many factors that can become a risk for anxiety.AIM: The aim of the study was to investigate risk factors for anxiety in medical health workers who treat COVID-19 patients.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was conducted in Haji Adam Malik Hospital and its satellites in Medan, North Sumatera, cross-sectional through online survey using hospital anxiety and depression scale, anxiety subscale, from May 2020 to July 2020, 129 participants.RESULTS: Four risk factors have a relationship to the occurrence of anxiety, such as gender, marital status, history of organic diseases, and duration of work caring for COVID-19 patients.CONCLUSIONS: By knowing the risk factors that can cause anxiety in medical health workers, it is hoped that both the hospital management and individual medical health workers can pay more attention to and anticipate so that medical health workers can feel more secure in carrying out their duties treating for COVID-19 patients.