Changes in healthcare workers’ anxiety during two time points of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal study
Fil: López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Psicología; Argentina.
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| spelling | rdu-unc.219972021-12-16T05:03:52Z Changes in healthcare workers’ anxiety during two time points of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal study López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia Herrera, Carla Romina Fong, Shao Bing Godoy, Juan Carlos Covid 19 Health personnel Uncertainty Infections Coronavirus Mental disorders Developing countries draft 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 across waves of COVID-19 cases during this pandemic is absent. The aim of this study is to examine the within-person changes of anxiety in Argentinean healthcare workers, adjusting for main demographic factors, region of residence, mental disorder history, and COVID-19 contagion, during the COVID-19 pandemic. A longitudinal web survey (N=305) was conducted during two time points of the pandemic, one of which was an infection peak. Anxiety signifcantly increased across time. However, there were signifcant interaction efects modulating anxiety levels. The largest anxiety increases occurred in healthcare workers who were not sure 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 not sure if they had contracted COVID-19, either asymptomatic or symptomatic. An interaction efect 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. Regardless of the starting point in anxiety levels, an increasing anxiety outcome may be expected among healthcare workers as the pandemic progresses. The uncertainty regarding COVID-19 contagion is a preventable and modifable interacting factor to produce the worst anxiety outcomes among healthcare workers. draft 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. 2021-12-15T19:00:23Z 2021-12-15T19:00:23Z 2021-10-06 article López Steinmetz, L.C., Herrera, C.R., Fong, S.B. et al. Changes in Healthcare Workers’ Anxiety During Two Time Points of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence From a Longitudinal Study. Int J Ment Health Addiction (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-021-00667-z 1557-1882 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-021-00667-z http://hdl.handle.net/11086/21997 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11469-021-00667-z eng https://rdu.unc.edu.ar/handle/11086/20078 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| spellingShingle | Covid 19 Health personnel Uncertainty Infections Coronavirus Mental disorders Developing countries 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 |
| title | Changes in healthcare workers’ anxiety during two time points of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal study |
| title_full | Changes in healthcare workers’ anxiety during two time points of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal study |
| title_fullStr | Changes in healthcare workers’ anxiety during two time points of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Changes in healthcare workers’ anxiety during two time points of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal study |
| title_short | Changes in healthcare workers’ anxiety during two time points of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal study |
| title_sort | changes in healthcare workers anxiety during two time points of the covid 19 pandemic evidence from a longitudinal study |
| topic | Covid 19 Health personnel Uncertainty Infections Coronavirus Mental disorders Developing countries |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-021-00667-z http://hdl.handle.net/11086/21997 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11469-021-00667-z |
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