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. 2020 Dec 22;15(12):e0243890.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243890. eCollection 2020.

Investigation of anxiety levels of 1637 healthcare workers during the epidemic of COVID-19

Meiping Shen  1 , Hongzhen Xu  1 , Junfen Fu  1 , Tianlin Wang  1 , Zangzang Fu  1 , Xiaomei Zhao  2 , Gendi Zhou  3 , Qi Jin  4 , Guixiu Tong  5
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Investigation of anxiety levels of 1637 healthcare workers during the epidemic of COVID-19

Meiping Shen et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the anxiety levels of healthcare workers and to provide guidance on potential accurate social and psychological interventions for healthcare workers during the epidemic of COVID-19 in Zhejiang Province, China.

Methods: Healthcare workers from five hospitals in Zhejiang Province were randomly selected into this study. Zung Self-Assessment Scale for Anxiety (SAS) was used to evaluate the anxiety status of the included 1637 healthcare workers.

Results: The total anxiety score of healthcare workers in Zhejiang Province was 30.85 ± 6.89. The univariate analysis showed that the anxiety level of healthcare workers was related to gender, education, occupation, physical condition, job risk coefficient, and with family members on the first-line combating COVID-19 (P <0.05). The multivariate analysis showed that physical condition and job risk coefficient were predictors of anxiety levels of healthcare workers.

Conclusions: During the epidemic of COVID-19, 1637 healthcare workers generally had an increased tendency to have anxiety. Individualized assessment of the anxiety level of healthcare workers should be provided, and different interventions should be given based on the evaluation results.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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