Investigation of COVID-19 Fear, Well-Being and Life Satisfaction in Turkish Society

Özmen, Sümeyye; Özkan, Okan; Özer, Özlem; Yanardağ, Melek Zubaroğlu

doi:10.1080/19371918.2021.1877589

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“…In studies conducted in Poland, Uchmanowicz et al ( 2019 ) observed moderate to high life satisfaction in more than three-quarters of nurses and midwives, while Piotrkowska et al ( 2019 ) found that oncology nurses reported an average level of life satisfaction. Compared to our findings, higher levels of life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic were also observed among self-quarantined Chinese people (Li et al, 2021 ), the general population of Poland (Trzebiński et al, 2020 ), the general population of Turkey (Özmen et al, 2021 ), and uninfected adults in China (Zhang et al, 2020b ). During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals have had to deal with heavy workloads, limited resources, and the risk of exposure to the virus; therefore, it has been stated that healthcare institutions should support their employees to reduce their concerns (Zhang et al, 2020a ).…”

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“…Our second model showed that the frequency of thinking about death and the fear of caring for COVID-19 patients also affected life satisfaction, explaining 16% of the variance in life satisfaction (Table 5 ). Özmen et al ( 2021 ) reported that life satisfaction was lower among participants who feared COVID-19 ( β = − 0.115, t = − 6.448; p < 0.001), while Bozdağ and Ergün ( 2020 ) reported in their study on nurses and physicians that those who were worried about being infected with COVID-19 had lower psychological resilience ( β = − 0.20; p < 0.01).…”

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confidence: 97%

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The Effect of Nurses' Death Anxiety on Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey

Aydın

Fidan

2021

J Relig Health

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The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of nurses’ death anxiety on life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted with 411 nurses in Turkey. Data were collected online through Google Forms using a sociodemographic form, the Revised Death Anxiety Scale (RDAS), and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). Percentages, means, Pearson’s correlation analysis, and hierarchical linear regression models were used to analyze the data. The nurses’ mean age was 28.11 (SD = 6.27) years. More than half of the nurses stated that there were COVID-19 patients in the clinic where they worked (56.0%) and that they were afraid to provide care to patients diagnosed with COVID-19 (54.5%). Their mean RDAS total score was 57.33 (SD = 16.20), indicating moderate death anxiety, and their mean SWLS total score was 2.58 (SD = 0.82), indicating a low level of life satisfaction. Sociodemographic variables accounted for 8.8% of the variance. Death anxiety was associated with life satisfaction ( β = − 0.118, p < 0.05). Model 3, which included all of the analyzed independent variables, explained 17% of the variance in life satisfaction ( R 2 = 0.171, p < 0.001). This study showed that death anxiety adversely affects life satisfaction. Higher death anxiety among nurses was associated with lower satisfaction with life. Based on the findings, we recommend providing more psychological and communication support to nurses and implementing systematic physical and psychological evaluations of nurses to facilitate early intervention.

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confidence: 97%

The Effect of Nurses' Death Anxiety on Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey

Aydın

Fidan

2021

J Relig Health

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“…The results of this study are similar to the studies revealing that the fear of COVID-19 is higher in women [52][53][54]. Studies conducted on Turkish participants revealed that both in healthy normal population and athlete population, women had greater fear and anxiety for COVID-19 scales than men [38,43,[55][56][57][58]. The fact that women are more affected by psychological distress such as depression, anxiety, adjustment disorder, perceived stress, post-traumatic stress disorder and insomnia caused by COVID-19 can be explained by the fact that women are more psychologically vulnerable [59][60][61].…”

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confidence: 89%

An investigation of fear of COVID-19 status in university student athletes from different sports associated with contact

Kaçoğlu

Çobanoğlu²,

Şahin

2021

PES

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Background and Study Aim. The aim of this research is to (i) examine the COVID-19 fear scales according to the contact rate of the sports branch of the athletes and (ii) examine the COVID-19 fear scales according to some demographic variables of the athletes. Material and Methods. Sport Sciences Faculty students athletes (n=176) in sports with different levels of contact voluntarily participated in the current study. The fear of COVID-19 scale consisting of a total of 7 items and demographic information form and a single sub-dimension were applied online via Google® forms to individuals who participated in the study voluntarily. The data obtained from the study were analyzed using IBM SPSS 25.0 statistics package program. Due to the normal distribution of the data, sample t-test independent of parametric tests and one-way analysis of variance tests were used in the statistical analysis of the data. Bonferroni test, one of the multiple comparison tests, was used in order to determine which groups had significance according to the results of the one-way analysis of variance test. The results were tested at a significance level of p <0.05. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient for the COVID-19 fear scale was found to be 0.88. Results. Statistically significant difference was found between the fears of catching COVID-19 according to the gender of athletes in different branches (p = 0.01). No statistically significant difference was found between the fears of catching COVID-19 according to the educational status of the athletes (p = 0.31). No statistically significant difference found between the fears of catching COVID-19 according to the contact included in the specialty sports of the athletes in different branches (p = 0.56). Statistically significant difference was found between the highest level (professional) and intermediate level (amateur) groups ) in terms of fear of catching COVID-19 (p = 0.02). No statistically significant difference found between the fears of catching COVID-19 (p = 0.08) of the athletes in different branches according to their sports experience. Statistically significant difference was found in terms of fear of catching COVID-19 between the 4-6 years and 7-9 years groups with sports experience (p = 0.02). In addition, it has been revealed that the average scores of COVID-19 fear scales (20.05 ± 4.79) of female athletes are higher than the average scores of male athletes (17.67 ± 6.75).Conclusions. As a result, this research has revealed that the fear of COVID-19 does not differ relative to the contact levels of a specific sports branch. In addition, it has shown that the fear of COVID-19 is greater in female athletes compared to male athletes and lower performance levels and less competition experiences are in fact causing an increase in fear of COVID-19.

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“…On the one hand, fear is one of the main factors involved in PTSD symptoms [ 114 , 115 ], even during the COVID-19 pandemic situation [ 116 ] and, specifically, fear of COVID-19 can be associated with a wide range of mental health problems, such as anxiety, traumatic stress, and distress [ 117 ]. On the other hand, the literature on the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and well-being shows conflicting data: fear of COVID-19 has not been shown to have a direct link with quality of life [ 118 ], but in other studies it predicts lower levels of well-being [ 119 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

The Psychological Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic Restrictions in Italy. The Mediating Role of the Fear of COVID-19 in the Relationship between Positive and Negative Affect with Positive and Negative Outcomes

Zammitti

Imbrogliera

Russo

et al. 2021

EJIHPE

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Italy was quickly hit hard by the coronavirus. ‘Lockdown’ has significantly impacted the psychological health, personal wellbeing and quality of life of the people. The study aims to explore the relationship between positive and negative affect, as well as positive (spiritual well-being and flourishing) and negative outcomes (psychological distress caused by a traumatic life event in terms of perception of PTSD symptoms) on Italian adults during the lockdown period. Data was collected between April and May 2020. The participants were 281 Italian adults aged between 18 and 73 years. The survey was composed of the following measures: Flourishing Scale, Jarel Spiritual Well-Being scale, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, Impact of Event Scale—Revised, Fear of COVID-19. The mediational analysis shows that fear of COVID-19 fully mediates the relationship between negative affect and spiritual well-being and flourishing; fear of COVID-19 partially mediates the relationship between negative affect and PTSD symptoms; the positive affect shows only direct effects on positive outcomes. Therefore, fear of COVID-19 does not play any mediation role. Implications for psychological interventions and future research will be discussed.

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Investigation of COVID-19 Fear, Well-Being and Life Satisfaction in Turkish Society

Cited by 94 publications

References 39 publications

The Effect of Nurses' Death Anxiety on Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey

The Effect of Nurses' Death Anxiety on Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey

An investigation of fear of COVID-19 status in university student athletes from different sports associated with contact

The Psychological Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic Restrictions in Italy. The Mediating Role of the Fear of COVID-19 in the Relationship between Positive and Negative Affect with Positive and Negative Outcomes

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