Assessing Health Anxiety among Healthcare Providers of COVID-19 Patients from March to May 2020, Rafsanjan County, Iran

Mirzabeigi, Ahmadreza Reza; Hasani, Parvin Agha Mohammad; Sayadi, Ahmadreza; Safarian, Mohammad; Afshar, Sobhan Parand

doi:10.52547/johe.10.1.24

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“…Consistent with this finding, Mousavi et al, who conducted relatively similar research to the present study, reported a rate of health anxiet y as moderate [5]. This finding was repeated in some other similar studies [20,21]. According to research conducted in recent years, the level of health anxiety in nurses was often reported to be between mild and moderate.…”

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Relationship Between Personality Traits and Health Anxiety Among Nurses

Kamali,

Mousavi,

Akbari

et al. 2024

JHNM

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The unique occupational nature of the nursing profession creates anxiety as the most common psychiatric disorder among nurses.Objective: This study investigated the relationship between personality traits and health anxiety among nurses. Materials and Methods:In this analytical cross-sectional descriptive study, 185 nurses from six teaching hospitals affiliated with Zanjan University of Medical Sciences in Iran were selected by stratified random sampling. Data collection tools included a demographic questionnaire; neuroticism, extraversion, openness personality inventory, NEO 5factor inventory (NEOFFI) personality traits (short form), and health anxiety inventory (HAI), which the participants completed by the self-report method. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive (frequency, percentage, Mean±SD) and inferential (the independent t-test, ANOVA, the Pearson correlation, and multiple linear regression) statistics. Results:The participants' Mean±SD age was 34.83±8.26 years. About 58.4% of the nurses were female, and most were married (82.2%). Nurses' Mean±SD score of health anxiety was 22.86±4.05. The results of the NEO personality questionnaire showed that the highest mean (29.34±8.40) was related to the conscientiousness personality trait and the lowest to extroversion (25.53±8.64). The findings showed a positive and significant relationship between health anxiety and neurotic personality trait (P=0.001, r=0.411) and negative relationships with extraversion (P>0.05, r=-0.199) and openness to extroversion (β=-0.19, 95%CI; -0.66%, -0.04%, P=0.039) personality traits. Also, neuroticism (β=0.23, 95%CI; 0.06%, 0.8%, P=0.012) and extroversion (β=-0.19, 95%CI; 0.66% to 0.04%, P=0.039) personality traits can predict health anxiety in nurses. The findings revealed that 7.9% of the variance of health anxiety could be explained by the nurse's personality traits (F=2.81, R=0.256, R 2 =0.098, adjusted R 2 =0.079, P<0.05). Conclusion:According to the study results and considering the importance of nurses' quality of performance, it is recommended that nurses with personality traits vulnerable to anxiety be identified, and the necessary training will be provided to them in the form of anxiety control and management workshops.

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Relationship Between Personality Traits and Health Anxiety Among Nurses

Kamali,

Mousavi,

Akbari

et al. 2024

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“…Conversely, no significant gender disparity among health professionals, in terms of stress, was identified. Furthermore, Mirzabeigi, Agha Mohammad Hasani, Sayadi, Safarian, and Parand Afshar [ 60 ] support the results of our current study. Their study assessed health anxiety among healthcare personnel during the current pandemic.…”

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Coping, health anxiety, and stress among health professionals during Covid-19, Cape Coast, Ghana

Nkyi,

Baaba

2024

PLoS ONE

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The aim of this study is to investigate coping strategies, health anxiety and stress among healthcare professionals in selected hospitals in the Cape Coast Metropolis during the Covid 19 pandemic. This study adopted the Descriptive survey design. The Multistage sampling technique was used to select 322 health professionals. The health professionals included Medical Officers, Physician Assistants and Nurses. Data were gathered using the Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI-SF), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and the Brief-COPE Inventory. Analyses were conducted using mean and standard deviation, ANOVA as well as Independent Samples t-test. Results indicate that Health professionals adopted diverse coping strategies ranging from positive to negative coping style to overcome the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results also indicate that coping strategies significantly influenced health anxiety levels of health professionals, and that Active Coping is a significant determinant of stress among health professionals. Male health professionals had significantly more health anxiety than females. However, gender was not a significant factor in the experiences of stress. Lastly, age of health professionals does not determine the type of coping strategy they adopted during the pandemic.

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“…Since our study was conducted on frontline nurses who directly cared for COVID patients, it is reasonable that the level of health anxiety in these nurses is high. Consistent with this finding, in other studies, the level of health anxiety of the medical staff, especially the frontline nurses, was high [ 9 , 17 , 18 , 50 ]. Frontline nurses face much more psychological stress due to their work environment.…”

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Correlation between COVID-19-related health anxiety and coping styles among frontline nurses

Saeedi,

Abedini,

Latif

et al. 2023

BMC Nurs

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Background The long-term epidemic of COVID-19 and its recurrence has exposed frontline nurses to mental disorders such as stress and health anxiety. High levels of health anxiety associated with COVID-19 may lead to maladaptive behaviors. There is no agreement on which coping styles are most effective against stress. Therefore, more evidence is required to find better adaptive behaviors. The present study was conducted to investigate the correlation between the level of health anxiety and the type of coping strategies used by frontline nurses fighting COVID-19. Methods This is a cross-sectional study that was performed on a convenience sample of 386 nurses who are working in the COVID department from October to December 2020, coinciding with the outbreak of the third COVID-19 peak in Iran. Data were collected through a demographic questionnaire, the short version of the health anxiety questionnaire, and coping inventory for stressful situations. Data were analyzed using independent T-test, U-Mann-Whitney, and Kruskal-Wallis statistical tests with SPSS version 23 software. Results The mean score of nurses’ health anxiety was 17.61 ± 9.26 which was more than the cut-off point for health anxiety and 59.1% of nurses had COVID-19-related health anxiety. The mean score of problem coping style (26.85 ± 5.19), was higher than emotion (18.48 ± 5.63) and avoidance (19.64 ± 5.88) coping styles and nurses mostly used problem-coping strategies to deal with anxiety caused by COVID-19. There was a positive significant correlation between the scores of health anxiety and emotion coping style (r = 0.54; P < 0.001). Conclusion Based on the findings of this study, COVID-19-related health anxiety was high in front-line nurses and those with high health anxiety were more likely to use emotion-based coping strategies, which are ineffective. Therefore, considering strategies to reduce nurses’ health anxiety and holding training programs on effective coping methods in epidemic conditions are recommended.

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Assessing Health Anxiety among Healthcare Providers of COVID-19 Patients from March to May 2020, Rafsanjan County, Iran

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Relationship Between Personality Traits and Health Anxiety Among Nurses

Relationship Between Personality Traits and Health Anxiety Among Nurses

Coping, health anxiety, and stress among health professionals during Covid-19, Cape Coast, Ghana

Correlation between COVID-19-related health anxiety and coping styles among frontline nurses

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