Anxiety among front-line health-care workers supporting patients with COVID-19: A global survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to explore anxiety status across a broad range of HCWs supporting patients with COVID-19 in different global regions.

Method

This was an international online survey in which participation was on voluntary basis and data were submitted via Google Drive, across a two-week period starting from March 18, 2020. The Beck Anxiety Inventory was used to quantify the level of anxiety.

Results

1416 HCWs (70.8% medical doctors, 26.2% nurses) responded to the survey from 75 countries. The distribution of anxiety levels was: normal/minimal (n = 503, 35.5%), low (n = 390, 27.5%); moderate (n = 287, 20.3%), and severe (n = 236, 16.7%). According to multiple generalized linear model, female gender (p = 0.001), occupation (ie, being a nurse dealing directly with pati

SUBMITTER: Cag Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7749993 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature