Changes in healthcare workers’ anxiety during two time points of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal study (Version 1)
Fil: López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Psicología; Argentina.
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| author | López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia Herrera, Carla Romina Fong, Shao Bing Godoy, Juan Carlos |
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| spelling | rdu-unc.200782023-10-11T06:15:25Z Changes in healthcare workers’ anxiety during two time points of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal study (Version 1) López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia Herrera, Carla Romina Fong, Shao Bing Godoy, Juan Carlos Covid 19 Health personnel Uncertainty Infections Coronavirus Mental Disorders 1 Fil: López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Psicología; Argentina. Fil: López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina. Fil: Herrera, Carla Romina. Hospital Wenceslao Gallardo, Jujuy; Argentina. Fil: Fong, Shao Bing. University of Melbourne; Australia. Fil: Godoy, Juan Carlos. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Psicología; Argentina. Fil: Godoy, Juan Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina. Evidence on the within-person changes of healthcare workers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic is absent. This study aimed to examine the within-person changes of anxiety in Argentinean healthcare workers during this pandemic, adjusting for main demographic factors, region, mental disorder history, and COVID-19 contagion. A longitudinal web survey (N = 305) was conducted during two time points of the pandemic, one of which was an infection peak. Anxiety significantly increased across time. However, there were significant interaction effects modulating anxiety levels. The largest anxiety increases occurred in healthcare workers who were wondering if they had contracted COVID-19 while symptomatic. Irrespective of the time point, anxiety was the highest in healthcare workers from a region inside the country who were wondering if they had contracted COVID-19, either asymptomatic or symptomatic. An interaction effect between the mental disorder history and the COVID-19 contagion suggested that the anxiety outcomes were mainly due to the concern about the COVID-19 contagion, rather than due to pre-existing mental health vulnerabilities. An increasing anxiety outcome may be expected among healthcare workers as the pandemic progresses. The uncertainty regarding COVID-19 contagion is a preventable and modifiable interacting factor to produce the worst anxiety outcomes among healthcare workers. 1 Fil: López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Psicología; Argentina. Fil: López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina. Fil: Herrera, Carla Romina. Hospital Wenceslao Gallardo, Jujuy; Argentina. Fil: Fong, Shao Bing. University of Melbourne; Australia. Fil: Godoy, Juan Carlos. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Psicología; Argentina. Fil: Godoy, Juan Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina. 2021-09-02T18:32:41Z 2021-09-02T18:32:41Z 2020-12-10 preprint https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-125888/v1 http://hdl.handle.net/11086/20078 https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-125888/v1 spa Atribución 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Research Square Company |
| spellingShingle | Covid 19 Health personnel Uncertainty Infections Coronavirus Mental Disorders López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia Herrera, Carla Romina Fong, Shao Bing Godoy, Juan Carlos Changes in healthcare workers’ anxiety during two time points of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal study (Version 1) |
| title | Changes in healthcare workers’ anxiety during two time points of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal study (Version 1) |
| title_full | Changes in healthcare workers’ anxiety during two time points of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal study (Version 1) |
| title_fullStr | Changes in healthcare workers’ anxiety during two time points of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal study (Version 1) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Changes in healthcare workers’ anxiety during two time points of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal study (Version 1) |
| title_short | Changes in healthcare workers’ anxiety during two time points of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal study (Version 1) |
| title_sort | changes in healthcare workers anxiety during two time points of the covid 19 pandemic evidence from a longitudinal study version 1 |
| topic | Covid 19 Health personnel Uncertainty Infections Coronavirus Mental Disorders |
| url | https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-125888/v1 http://hdl.handle.net/11086/20078 https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-125888/v1 |
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