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Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 1/2021

12.08.2020 | COVID-19 | Original Paper Zur Zeit gratis

Risk factors for anxiety of otolaryngology healthcare workers in Hubei province fighting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

verfasst von: Xiuping Yang, Ya Zhang, Shuang Li, Xiong Chen

Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Ausgabe 1/2021

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Abstract

Purpose

To ensure the mental health of the otolaryngology healthcare workers in the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it is important to know their mental status and to identify possible risk factors. In this study, we investigated the risk factors for the anxiety in the otolaryngology healthcare workers in Hubei province under the COVID-19 epidemic.

Methods

The otolaryngology healthcare workers in Hubei Province were surveyed using an online questionnaire in which anxiety was measured against the Zung Self-rating Anxiety Scale. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate the risk factors of anxiety.

Results

A total of 449 otolaryngology healthcare workers participated in the study. Of all the participants, 131 (29.18%) had anxiety symptoms. Compared with doctors, nurses were at a higher risk for anxiety (OR = 2.162, 95% CI 1.311–3.566). Participants who often suspected self-infection (OR = 4.239, 95% CI 1.647–10.909) or family member infection by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (OR = 4.485, 95% CI 1.511–13.313) were more likely to develop anxiety than those who never. The subjects who had colleagues diagnosed with COVID-19 were more vulnerable to anxiety (OR = 2.014, 95% CI 1.205–3.366). Respondents working in infectious isolation wards had a 3.522-fold increased risk of anxiety compared to those on leave (OR = 3.522, 95% CI 1.634–7.593).

Conclusion

Some otolaryngology healthcare workers in Hubei province experienced anxiety during the epidemic, but most of them did not receive treatment. The healthcare providers themselves should be informed about and aware of their own mental health, and should be given support as appropriate.

Trial registration number and date of registration

Chinese Clinical Trial Registry: ChiCTR2000030768, 2020/3/14.
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Metadaten
Titel
Risk factors for anxiety of otolaryngology healthcare workers in Hubei province fighting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
verfasst von
Xiuping Yang
Ya Zhang
Shuang Li
Xiong Chen
Publikationsdatum
12.08.2020
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Schlagwort
COVID-19
Erschienen in
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Ausgabe 1/2021
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-020-01928-3

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