Changes in healthcare workers' anxiety during two time points of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal study

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López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia; Herrera, Carla Romina; Fong, Shao Bing; Godoy, Juan Carlos
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2021
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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 significantly increased across time. However, there were significant interaction effects 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 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. 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 modifiable interacting factor to produce the worst anxiety outcomes among healthcare workers.
Fil: López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina
Fil: Herrera, Carla Romina. Hospital Wenceslao Gallardo; Argentina
Fil: Fong, Shao Bing. Universite de Rennes I; Francia
Fil: Godoy, Juan Carlos. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina
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COVID-19
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
HEALTH PERSONNEL
INFECTIONS, CORONAVIRUS
MENTAL DISORDERS
UNCERTAINTY
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv 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
spellingShingle Changes in healthcare workers' anxiety during two time points of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal study
López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia
COVID-19
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
HEALTH PERSONNEL
INFECTIONS, CORONAVIRUS
MENTAL DISORDERS
UNCERTAINTY
title_short 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_sort Changes in healthcare workers' anxiety during two time points of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia
Herrera, Carla Romina
Fong, Shao Bing
Godoy, Juan Carlos
author López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia
author_facet López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia
Herrera, Carla Romina
Fong, Shao Bing
Godoy, Juan Carlos
author_role author
author2 Herrera, Carla Romina
Fong, Shao Bing
Godoy, Juan Carlos
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv COVID-19
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
HEALTH PERSONNEL
INFECTIONS, CORONAVIRUS
MENTAL DISORDERS
UNCERTAINTY
topic COVID-19
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
HEALTH PERSONNEL
INFECTIONS, CORONAVIRUS
MENTAL DISORDERS
UNCERTAINTY
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv 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 significantly increased across time. However, there were significant interaction effects 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 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. 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 modifiable interacting factor to produce the worst anxiety outcomes among healthcare workers.
Fil: López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina
Fil: Herrera, Carla Romina. Hospital Wenceslao Gallardo; Argentina
Fil: Fong, Shao Bing. Universite de Rennes I; Francia
Fil: Godoy, Juan Carlos. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina
description 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 significantly increased across time. However, there were significant interaction effects 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 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. 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 modifiable interacting factor to produce the worst anxiety outcomes among healthcare workers.
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