Department of Psychiatry, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak 3848176341, Iran.
Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak 3848176341, Iran.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 17;18(6):3094. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18063094.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the likelihood that hospital staff will report symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress has increased. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relative influences of circumstantial, demographic, and trait-state anxiety variables on health anxiety in this group.
A total of 168 hospital staff members (mean age: 28.91 years; 56.5% females) participated in the study. They completed a series of questionnaires covering sociodemographic characteristics, health anxiety, state-trait anxiety, and job-related information. Participants also reported whether they had close acquaintances (friends, family members) infected with COVID-19.
Higher health anxiety was related to both trait and state anxiety. Working on the frontline, being in contact with close acquaintances infected with COVID-19, and higher state and trait anxiety predicted higher health anxiety. Gender, age, and educational background were not predictors.
In a sample of hospital staff, subjective feelings of anxiety about one own's health were related to personality traits, individual experiences of having close acquaintances infected with COVID-19, and working on the frontline.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间,医院工作人员报告抑郁、焦虑和压力症状的可能性增加了。本研究的目的是评估环境、人口统计学和特质-状态焦虑变量对该人群健康焦虑的相对影响。
共有 168 名医院工作人员(平均年龄:28.91 岁;56.5% 为女性)参与了这项研究。他们完成了一系列涵盖社会人口统计学特征、健康焦虑、状态-特质焦虑和与工作相关信息的问卷。参与者还报告了他们是否有密切接触者(朋友、家人)感染了 COVID-19。
更高的健康焦虑与特质和状态焦虑都有关。在一线工作、与感染 COVID-19 的密切接触者接触、更高的状态和特质焦虑预测了更高的健康焦虑。性别、年龄和教育背景不是预测因素。
在医院工作人员样本中,对自身健康的焦虑主观感受与个性特质、有密切接触者感染 COVID-19 的个人经历以及在一线工作有关。