Factors associated with worry and fear during COVID-19 in preprofessional health practitioners
Introduction: Preprofessional health care practitioners were also mentally affected by COVID-19. Objectives: To determine the factors associated with having more worry and fear during COVID-19 in Peruvian pre-professional health care practitioners. Methods: Cross-sectional study with analytical meth...
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| author | Oscar Javier Mamani-Benito Rosa Farfán-Solis Madona Tito-Betancur Daniella Vinelli-Arzubiaga José Armada Christian R. Mejía |
| author_facet | Oscar Javier Mamani-Benito Rosa Farfán-Solis Madona Tito-Betancur Daniella Vinelli-Arzubiaga José Armada Christian R. Mejía |
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| description | Introduction: Preprofessional health care practitioners were also mentally affected by COVID-19.
Objectives: To determine the factors associated with having more worry and fear during COVID-19 in Peruvian pre-professional health care practitioners.
Methods: Cross-sectional study with analytical methods, with the participation of 285 students from different health careers in southern Peru, to whom 2 locally validated tests were applied and crossed with different socio-educational variables.
Results: The main concerns were that they could not help worrying despite the measures taken, the uncertainty of being an unpredictable disease, the fact that their workplace has many risks and the perception that their ability to work would be affected by being infected. The main fears were the perception that their heart was racing or that their hands were sweating. Those who were in an I-3 facility (without hospitalization) were less worried than those in other facilities (RPa: 0.56; 95 % CI: 0.43-0.72; p-value< 0.001), adjusted for sex and educational career. In addition, the older the age, the more fear (RPa: 1.76; 95 % CI: 1.46-2.11; p-value< 0.001), adjusted for 4 variables.
Conclusions: The practitioners showed concern in relation to the unpredictability of the disease, occupational hazards and the fact that they could be infected; in addition, fear that caused a very strong cardiac acceleration and sweating in the hands. Associated with the concern was the level of the health facility where they worked. Associated with fear was the age of the respondents. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0c287d0be4074f66a3e836218f69c94a2025-08-20T02:54:50ZspaEditorial Ciencias Médicas - ECIMEDRevista Cubana de Medicina Militar1561-30462022-02-01511e02201707e02201707519Factors associated with worry and fear during COVID-19 in preprofessional health practitionersOscar Javier Mamani-Benito0Rosa Farfán-Solis1Madona Tito-Betancur2Daniella Vinelli-Arzubiaga3José Armada4Christian R. Mejía5Universidad Señor de Sipán, Facultad de Derecho y Humanidades. Chiclayo, PerúUniversidad Amazónica de Madre de Dios, Perú.Universidad Tecnológica del Perú. Arequipa, PerúAsociación Médica de Investigación y Servicios en Salud. Lima, Perú.Universidad Continental. Huancayo, Perú.Universidad Norbert Wiener, Centro de Investigación en Medicina Traslacional. Lima, PerúIntroduction: Preprofessional health care practitioners were also mentally affected by COVID-19. Objectives: To determine the factors associated with having more worry and fear during COVID-19 in Peruvian pre-professional health care practitioners. Methods: Cross-sectional study with analytical methods, with the participation of 285 students from different health careers in southern Peru, to whom 2 locally validated tests were applied and crossed with different socio-educational variables. Results: The main concerns were that they could not help worrying despite the measures taken, the uncertainty of being an unpredictable disease, the fact that their workplace has many risks and the perception that their ability to work would be affected by being infected. The main fears were the perception that their heart was racing or that their hands were sweating. Those who were in an I-3 facility (without hospitalization) were less worried than those in other facilities (RPa: 0.56; 95 % CI: 0.43-0.72; p-value< 0.001), adjusted for sex and educational career. In addition, the older the age, the more fear (RPa: 1.76; 95 % CI: 1.46-2.11; p-value< 0.001), adjusted for 4 variables. Conclusions: The practitioners showed concern in relation to the unpredictability of the disease, occupational hazards and the fact that they could be infected; in addition, fear that caused a very strong cardiac acceleration and sweating in the hands. Associated with the concern was the level of the health facility where they worked. Associated with fear was the age of the respondents.http://www.revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/1707miedopreocupaciónpracticantessalud laboralcovid-19perú. |
| spellingShingle | Oscar Javier Mamani-Benito Rosa Farfán-Solis Madona Tito-Betancur Daniella Vinelli-Arzubiaga José Armada Christian R. Mejía Factors associated with worry and fear during COVID-19 in preprofessional health practitioners Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar miedo preocupación practicantes salud laboral covid-19 perú. |
| title | Factors associated with worry and fear during COVID-19 in preprofessional health practitioners |
| title_full | Factors associated with worry and fear during COVID-19 in preprofessional health practitioners |
| title_fullStr | Factors associated with worry and fear during COVID-19 in preprofessional health practitioners |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors associated with worry and fear during COVID-19 in preprofessional health practitioners |
| title_short | Factors associated with worry and fear during COVID-19 in preprofessional health practitioners |
| title_sort | factors associated with worry and fear during covid 19 in preprofessional health practitioners |
| topic | miedo preocupación practicantes salud laboral covid-19 perú. |
| url | http://www.revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/1707 |
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