Relationship between Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms and Anxiety Levels during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Healthcare Professionals ***-Healthcare Professionals
作者机构:Department of Psychiatry Faculty of MedicineYuzuncu Yil UniversityVanTurkey Department of PsychiatryBilkent City HospitalAnkaraTurkey Department of PsychiatryFlorence Nightingale HospitalİstanbulTurkey Department of PsychiatryMedical School of Dicle UniversityDiyarbakirTurkey Department of PsychologyKahramanmaras Istiklal UniversityKahramanmarasTurkey
出 版 物:《International Journal of Mental Health Promotion》 (国际心理健康促进杂志(英文))
年 卷 期:2022年第24卷第3期
页 面:399-413页
核心收录:
学科分类:0402[教育学-心理学(可授教育学、理学学位)] 1204[管理学-公共管理] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1002[医学-临床医学] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题:Pandemic healthcare professionals non-healthcare professionals obsessive behavior
摘 要:The present study investigated the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety levels,contamination and responsibility/control obsessions and associated OC behaviors in healthcare versus non-healthcare *** study also aimed to examine the relationship between anxiety levels and obsessive-compulsive(OC)symptom levels,gender,age,educational level,and personal and family history of chronic *** 664 participants included 395(59.5%)men and 269(40.5%)women and comprised 180(27.1%)healthcare professionals and 484(72.9%)non-healthcare *** survey included three data collection tools:(i)Sociodemographic data form,(ii)Beck Anxiety Inventory(BAI),and(iii)the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale Abriged(DOCS-A)pre-and post-pandemic *** BAI scores established a moderate positive correlation with post-pandemic DOCS-A total scores and a weak positive correlation with pre-pandemic DOCS-A total scores(p0.001 for both).Pre-and post-pandemic DOCS-A total and subdimension scores were significantly higher in women than in men(p0.05).Participants with a personal history of chronic diseases had higher BAI and DOCS-A scores compared to participants with no such history(p0.001 and p0.001,respectively).The results indicated a significant increase in OC symptoms during the pandemic period compared to the pre-pandemic period and a moderate correlation between the anxiety levels and OC symptom *** was also revealed that female gender and personal or family history of chronic diseases posed a higher risk for the increase in anxiety and OC symptoms and healthcare professionals had a higher risk of developing anxiety symptoms compared to non-healthcare professionals.