Faculty of Medicine, University of Balamand, Koura, Lebanon.
School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, P.O. Box 446, Jounieh, Lebanon.
BMC Psychol. 2023 Mar 31;11(1):90. doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01139-w.
The healthcare field, a well-known field associated with variety of stressors, leaves healthcare professionals at an increased risk of both physical and mental problems. COVID-19 pandemic has recently been added to the stressful factors by endangering further the cognitive function of healthcare workers. On another hand, personality traits have been shown to have pervasive associations with functioning across various cognitive domains. Thus, this study aims to evaluate association between personality traits and perceived cognitive function among healthcare professionals in Lebanon during the collapsing period (following the severe economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic).
This cross-sectional study was conducted between November 2021 and January 2022 enrolled 406 Lebanese participants using the convenience sampling technique for data collection. Healthcare professionals from all specialties who received the online link to the survey were eligible to participate. The Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2) and Fact Cog scale were used to assess personality traits and cognitive function.
After adjustment over all variables (age, gender, household crowding index, physical activity index, marital status, profession and the other four personality traits), higher negative emotionality was significantly associated with a worse cognitive function, whereas more extroversion and conscientiousness were significantly associated with a better cognitive function.
Our study adds to the narrow body of research revolving around the relationship between personality traits and perceived cognitive function in Lebanese healthcare professionals during these hard times in Lebanon. These results show that the choice of these cognitive processes is strongly affected by different personality traits, such as extroversion, conscientiousness, and negative emotionality. This study encourages the need to conduct further research that assess the changes in cognition in life stressors along with personality traits.
医疗领域是一个众所周知的充满各种压力源的领域,使医疗保健专业人员面临身体和心理问题的风险增加。COVID-19 大流行最近又增加了压力因素,进一步危及医护人员的认知功能。另一方面,个性特征已被证明与各种认知领域的功能有普遍的关联。因此,本研究旨在评估在黎巴嫩崩溃期间(继严重的经济危机和 COVID-19 大流行之后),个性特征与医护人员感知认知功能之间的关系。
这项横断面研究于 2021 年 11 月至 2022 年 1 月进行,采用便利抽样技术招募了 406 名黎巴嫩参与者。所有专业的医护人员,只要收到调查的在线链接,就有资格参加。使用大五人格量表-2(BFI-2)和 Fact Cog 量表评估个性特征和认知功能。
在调整所有变量(年龄、性别、家庭拥挤指数、身体活动指数、婚姻状况、职业和其他四个个性特征)后,较高的负情感与较差的认知功能显著相关,而较高的外向性和尽责性与较好的认知功能显著相关。
我们的研究增加了关于黎巴嫩医疗保健专业人员在这些困难时期个性特征与感知认知功能之间关系的有限研究。这些结果表明,这些认知过程的选择受到不同个性特征的强烈影响,如外向性、尽责性和负情感性。这项研究鼓励有必要进行进一步的研究,评估生活压力源和个性特征随时间推移对认知的变化。