Fear, Anxiety, Burnout, and Insomnia Levels of Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey

• Published in: Psychiatria Danubina Vol. 33; no. Suppl 13; p. 350
• Main Authors: Yılmaz, Yavuz, Erdoğan, Ali, Bahadır, Erdi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Croatia 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Adult; Anxiety; Burnout, Professional - epidemiology; COVID-19; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression; Fear; Female; Health Personnel; Humans; Male; Pandemics; SARS-CoV-2; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - epidemiology; Turkey; Turkey
• ISSN: 0353-5053

This study aims to assess fear, anxiety, anxiety sensitivity, burnout, and insomnia of healthcare workers (HCWs) during novel coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak and to identify their relation to sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. Totally 600 HCWs were included in this cross-sectional study. A Sociodemographic Data Form, Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS), Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S), Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 (ASI-3), Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) were used. Of participants, 364 were females and 236 were males with a mean age of 33.49±7.29 years. About 95.3% of HCWs had a fear of infecting their loved ones. Mean MBI and ISI scores were significantly higher among HCWs working in COVID-19 clinics and intensive care units (p=0.000; p=0.039). Mean CAS, FCV-19S, MBI, and ISI scores were significantly higher in women than men (p=0.000; p=0.000; p=0.027; p=0.005). Mean CAS and ISI scores were significantly higher among nurses (p=0.008; p=0.004), while mean ASI-3 of the other HCWs and MBI scores of physicians were significantly higher (p=0.009; p=0.000). The COVID-19 pandemic is a major health issue associated with psychiatric illnesses in HCW subgroups with distinct sociodemographic characteristics. It is of utmost importance to develop individualized preventive and therapeutic psychiatric services for HCWs.