Determination of the Factors Relating to Anxiety Levels of Primary Family Healthcare Center and Contact Tracing Workers for COVID-19
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2022
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Aim: During the epidemic, we aimed to investigate the anxiety levels of the primary level healthcare professionals, especially the contact tracer teams, and to determine the relevant sociopsychological factors (coworker and organizational support perception levels). Methods: The surveys applied to healthcare-professionals were collected online on a voluntary basis via GoogleForms. Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used with SPPS20. The effect size was examined with cohen-d. We used linear regression analysis (enter method) to examine the relationships between sociodemographic factors and independent variables. Results: Anxiety was found in 56.1% of 312 participants, insomnia in 44.2%, a low perception of organizational support in 43.6%, and a lack of support from coworkers in 37.5%. Females and those with chronic illnesses had experienced higher levels of anxiety and insomnia, as well as a lower perception of coworker support. Insomnia severity in contact tracers was high, and their support from coworkers was low. There is a positive correlation between anxiety and insomnia; a negative correlation between anxiety with organizational support and coworker support. Conclusion: The lack of perceived organizational and coworker support, presence of chronic illness, being a woman and using medication are the main causes of anxiety and insomnia. Because contact tracing is preformed independent of time, an increase in the frequency of contacts may cause anxiety and insomnia. High anxiety in females may be a result of a perception of low support from coworkers. Training and supports given to healthcare professionals should be planned by considering these risk factors. Plans should be made to increase the effectiveness of training and support given to primary healthcare workers, and to operate speaking and reward mechanisms to increase motivation. To support this planning, the share in the overall budget and the organizational strength of primary health care providers should be increased. The working conditions of contact tracers should be improved.
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COVID-19, contact tracing, organizational and coworker support, anxiety, insomni
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Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
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