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COVID-19-Related Fear and Anxiety: Spiritual-Religious Coping in Healthcare Workers in Portugal

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected the mental health of the general population, and for healthcare workers (HCWs) it has been no different. Religiosity and spirituality are known coping strategies for mental illnesses, especially in stressful times. This study aimed to describe the role o...

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Autores principales: Prazeres, Filipe, Passos, Lígia, Simões, José Augusto, Simões, Pedro, Martins, Carlos, Teixeira, Andreia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7794895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33396750
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010220
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author Prazeres, Filipe
Passos, Lígia
Simões, José Augusto
Simões, Pedro
Martins, Carlos
Teixeira, Andreia
author_facet Prazeres, Filipe
Passos, Lígia
Simões, José Augusto
Simões, Pedro
Martins, Carlos
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected the mental health of the general population, and for healthcare workers (HCWs) it has been no different. Religiosity and spirituality are known coping strategies for mental illnesses, especially in stressful times. This study aimed to describe the role of spiritual-religious coping regarding fear and anxiety in relation to COVID-19 in HCWs in Portugal. A cross-sectional quantitative online survey was performed. Socio-demographic and health data were collected as well as the Duke University Religion Index, Spirituality Scale, Fear of COVID-19 Scale, and Coronavirus Anxiety Scale. Two hundred and twenty-two HCWs participated in the study, 74.3% were female and 81.1% were physicians. The median age was 37 years (Q1, Q3: 31, 51.3). Religiosity was neither a significant factor for coronavirus-related anxiety nor it was for fear of COVID-19. Participants with higher levels in the hope/optimism dimension of the Spirituality Scale showed less coronavirus-related anxiety. Female HCWs, non-physicians, and the ones with a previous history of anxiety presented higher levels of fear and/or anxiety related to COVID-19. HCWs’ levels of distress should be identified and reduced, so their work is not impaired.
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spelling pubmed-77948952021-01-10 COVID-19-Related Fear and Anxiety: Spiritual-Religious Coping in Healthcare Workers in Portugal Prazeres, Filipe Passos, Lígia Simões, José Augusto Simões, Pedro Martins, Carlos Teixeira, Andreia Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected the mental health of the general population, and for healthcare workers (HCWs) it has been no different. Religiosity and spirituality are known coping strategies for mental illnesses, especially in stressful times. This study aimed to describe the role of spiritual-religious coping regarding fear and anxiety in relation to COVID-19 in HCWs in Portugal. A cross-sectional quantitative online survey was performed. Socio-demographic and health data were collected as well as the Duke University Religion Index, Spirituality Scale, Fear of COVID-19 Scale, and Coronavirus Anxiety Scale. Two hundred and twenty-two HCWs participated in the study, 74.3% were female and 81.1% were physicians. The median age was 37 years (Q1, Q3: 31, 51.3). Religiosity was neither a significant factor for coronavirus-related anxiety nor it was for fear of COVID-19. Participants with higher levels in the hope/optimism dimension of the Spirituality Scale showed less coronavirus-related anxiety. Female HCWs, non-physicians, and the ones with a previous history of anxiety presented higher levels of fear and/or anxiety related to COVID-19. HCWs’ levels of distress should be identified and reduced, so their work is not impaired. MDPI 2020-12-30 2021-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7794895/ /pubmed/33396750 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010220 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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COVID-19-Related Fear and Anxiety: Spiritual-Religious Coping in Healthcare Workers in Portugal
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title_short COVID-19-Related Fear and Anxiety: Spiritual-Religious Coping in Healthcare Workers in Portugal
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7794895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33396750
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010220
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