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- Title
Associated Factors with Perceived Fear of COVID-19 among Vietnamese Hospital Healthcare Workers during Fourth Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Policy Implications for Interconnected and Social- and Personal-Based Health Support.
- Authors
Doan, Quoc-Hung; Tran, Nguyen-Ngoc; Than, Manh-Hung; Nguyen, Hoang-Thanh; Bui, Van-San; Nguyen, Dinh-Hung; Vo, Hoang-Long; Do, Trong-Thien; Pham, Ngoc-Thach; Nguyen, Tuan-Khanh; Cao, Duc-Chinh; Nguyen, Vu-Trung; Tran, Thi-Mai T.; Pham, Ba-Hien; Tran, Anh-Long; Nguyen, Van-Thuong; Nguyen, Van-Thanh; Tran, Xuan-Thang; Nguyen, Thi-Lan; Lai, Duc-Truong
- Abstract
(1) Background: The present study measures the fear of COVID-19 among hospital healthcare workers and identifies several factors associated with increasing fear of COVID-19. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional, hospital-based survey was conducted on healthcare workforce recruited from the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases from 1 October 2021 and 20 October 2021. We selected the participants who have been directly involved in diagnosing, treating, or providing nursing care to patients with COVID-19. The primary data was collected via sending the invitation directly to the participants, utilizing structured self-completed questionnaires. The seven-item fear of COVID-19 scale was used to measure the data. The responses of 208 hospital healthcare workers were included in the final analysis. (3) Results: Total score of COVID-19 fear was 19.62 (SD = 5.22). The COVID-19 fear score of 7 items ranged from 2.38 (SD = 0.83) to 3.21 (SD = 0.96). The lowest and highest scores were the item 'My hands become clammy when I think about Corona' and the item 'I am most afraid of corona' was the highest, respectively. Linear regression of the COVID-19 fear showed that the factors positively correlated with the fear of COVID-19 among hospital healthcare workers were: being influenced by the community (p = 0.001), feeling at very high risk of COVID-19 (p = 0.03), and experiencing traumatic stress with an academic event (p = 0.042). (4) Conclusions: Although these findings merit further elaboration, these preliminary findings suggest relatively great fear of the COVID-19 pandemic among Vietnamese hospital healthcare workers and that social and personal connections are necessary for maintaining the mental wellbeing.
- Subjects
MEDICAL personnel; COVID-19 pandemic; HOSPITAL personnel; COVID-19; VIETNAMESE people; POST-traumatic stress
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2021, Vol 9, Issue 12, p1713
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare9121713