A 2-year longitudinal study of anxiety caused by COVID-19 and job burnout among Iranian healthcare workers.

Publication date: Dec 03, 2024

Limited longitudinal studies can be found to describe the psychological effects of COVID-19 on healthcare workers (HCW); Therefore, the present study aimed to investigating the anxiety caused by COVID-19 (COV-anxiety) and job burnout (JB) among a sample of Iranian HCW during this pandemic longitudinally. This longitudinal study performed on 310 Iranian HCW. The data collection is done twice during 2020 and 2022. The Corona Diseases Anxiety Scale (CDAS) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) have been used through online platform (Google Form). Using frequency tables, Paired-samples T tests, Pearson correlations as well as linear regression modeling data were analyzed through SPSS 16. While reductions observed in prevalence of COV-anxiety in time 2, the prevalence of severe levels of JB dimensions increased in time 2 compared to time (1) Negative correlations existed between JB and COV-anxiety. Moreover, using multivariate linear regressions, we found that COV-anxiety and JB were the final predictors of each other both in time 1 and (2) Despite the positive association between COV-anxiety and JB, increasing in JB levels with respect to decreasing in COV-anxiety levels highlights the existence of other risk factors that should be considered in future research.

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Concepts Keywords
Future Adult
Google Anxiety
Healthcare Anxiety
Iranian Burnout, Professional
Pandemic COVID-19
COVID-19
Female
Health Personnel
Healthcare
Humans
Iran
Job burnout
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemic
Prevalence
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
Surveys and Questionnaires

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH anxiety
disease MESH COVID-19
disease MESH burnout
disease MESH syndrome
drug DRUGBANK Coenzyme M
drug DRUGBANK Etoperidone
disease MESH insomnia
disease MESH PTSD
disease MESH depression
drug DRUGBANK Pentaerythritol tetranitrate
disease IDO history
disease MESH mental illness
disease MESH emotional exhaustion
disease IDO country
disease MESH marital status
disease MESH death
disease MESH Depersonalization
drug DRUGBANK Aspartame
disease MESH tachycardia
disease MESH job stress
disease MESH neuroticism
disease MESH job performance
disease MESH psychological distress
disease IDO process
disease MESH emergency
drug DRUGBANK Isoxaflutole
disease MESH occupational burnout
pathway REACTOME Reproduction

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