Chung Seockhoon, Lee Taeyeop, Hong Youjin, Ahmed Oli, Silva Washington Allysson Dantas, Gouin Jean-Philippe
Department of Psychiatry, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Department of Psychiatry, GangNeung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, South Korea.
Front Psychiatry. 2022 Jun 6;13:839656. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.839656. eCollection 2022.
The aims of this study were to examine the mediation effect of viral anxiety of healthcare workers on the influence of their intolerance of uncertainty on the adherence to physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
An online survey was conducted among 329 healthcare workers (female: 81.4%, nursing professionals: 59.0%, and shift workers: 22.3%) on November 29, 2021. Participants responded to questionnaires on adherence to physical distancing, health beliefs, and perceived social norms, and rating scales of the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 items (SAVE-6), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 items (PHQ-9), and the Intolerance of Uncertainty-12 items (IUS-12) scale.
Adherence to physical distancing of healthcare workers was predicted by perceived benefits of physical distancing (β = 0.13, = 0.01), personal injunctive norms (β = 0.32, < 0.001), SAVE-6 score (β = 0.13, = 0.02), and IUS-12 score (β = 0.10, = 0.045) (adjusted R = 0.21, F = 22.3, < 0.001). Viral anxiety mediated the association between intolerance of uncertainty and adherence to physical distancing but not the influence of perceived benefits and personal injunctive norms on adherence to physical distancing.
We observed that viral anxiety of healthcare workers mediated the association between intolerance of uncertainty and adherence to physical distancing. During this pandemic, exploring adherence to physical distancing and its predicting factors will be helpful for the safety of healthcare workers and the patients for whom they care.
本研究旨在探讨医护人员的病毒焦虑在新冠疫情期间对其不确定性不耐受与遵守社交距离之间影响的中介作用。
于2021年11月29日对329名医护人员（女性：81.4%，护理专业人员：59.0%，轮班工人：22.3%）进行了在线调查。参与者回答了关于遵守社交距离、健康信念和感知社会规范的问卷，以及应激与病毒流行焦虑-6项量表（SAVE-6）、患者健康问卷-9项量表（PHQ-9）和不确定性不耐受-12项量表（IUS-12）。
医护人员对社交距离的遵守可通过社交距离的感知益处（β = 0.13，p = 0.01）、个人指令性规范（β = 0.32，p < 0.001）、SAVE-6得分（β = 0.13，p = 0.02）和IUS-12得分（β = 0.10，p = 0.045）进行预测（调整后R = 0.21，F = 22.3，p < 0.001）。病毒焦虑介导了不确定性不耐受与遵守社交距离之间的关联，但未介导感知益处和个人指令性规范对遵守社交距离的影响。
我们观察到医护人员的病毒焦虑介导了不确定性不耐受与遵守社交距离之间的关联。在本次疫情期间，探索遵守社交距离及其预测因素将有助于医护人员及其所护理患者的安全。
