Worry, Severity, Controllability, and Preventive Behaviours of COVID-19 and Their Associations with Mental Health of Turkish Healthcare Workers Working at a Pandemic Hospital

Yıldırım M., Özaslan A.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION, cilt.20, sa.4, ss.2306-2320, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11469-021-00515-0
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PAIS International, Psycinfo, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2306-2320
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Worry, Severity, Controllability, Preventive behaviours, Mental health problems, Subjective well-being, PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT, RISK PERCEPTION, SYMPTOMS, OUTBREAK, SARS
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Previous research suggests that psychological and behavioural factors such as worry, severity, controllability, and preventive behaviours are associated with mental health and well-being. Less is known about simultaneous effects of those factors in predicting mental health and well-being. This study aimed to present the prevalence of mental health problems and identify the predictors of mental health and subjective well-being of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants included 245 healthcare workers (M-age = 33.16 +/- 7.33; 50.61% females) from a pandemic hospital in Turkey. Healthcare workers reported mild/severe depression, anxiety, and stress. Females tended to be more vulnerable to developing psychiatric symptoms. Worry, severity, and controllability significantly predicted depression, anxiety, stress, and subjective well-being while preventive behaviours only predicted subjective well-being. These findings suggest the importance of assessing healthcare workers' experiences of mental health and subjective well-being and their associated factors to assist mental health providers tailor assessments and treatment during a pandemic.