Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms in Health Care Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Introduction: The severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) associated pneumonia that emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and was later declared by the World Health Organization to be a pandemic has called coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Our study aims to determine the a...

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Published in:Istanbul medical journal 2022-11, Vol.23 (4), p.310-315
Main Authors: Kalayci, Ismail Gokhan, Canbek, Ozge, Bag, Sevda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Burn out (Psychology)
China
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Epidemics
Fear & phobias
Health aspects
Health care
healthcare workers
Hospitals
Job stress
Medical personnel
Mental health
Middle East respiratory syndrome
Nurses
Pandemics
Physicians
Post traumatic stress disorder
Public health
Questionnaires
Respiratory diseases
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Sleep
Sleep disorders
Sociodemographics
Surveys
Womens health
Workers
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Summary:Introduction: The severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) associated pneumonia that emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and was later declared by the World Health Organization to be a pandemic has called coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Our study aims to determine the anxiety levels, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms levels and psychiatric symptoms of healthcare workers working at pandemic hospital and effects of these symptoms on psychological adjustment to healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. Methods: This study was cross-sectional survey study and conducted between March 2020-June 2020 with 973 consenting participants working at the pandemic hospital. For the study, we used an online questionnaire, which consisted of three parts: an online-informed consent, basic sociodemographic information and a set of online questions. The data were collected by the researchers. All procedures were approved by our hospital's Ethics Committee. Traumatic Stress Symptom Scale (TSSS) was used for the study. Results: Nine hundred and seventy-three persons participated in the study. Among the three groups, nurses also had the highest fear of dying during the COVID-19 pandemic (p
ISSN:2619-9793
1304-8503
2148-094X
DOI:10.4274/imj.galenos.2022.74151