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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 :
Quoc-Hung Doan
Nguyen-Ngoc Tran
Manh-Hung Than
Hoang-Thanh Nguyen
Van-San Bui
Dinh-Hung Nguyen
Hoang-Long Vo
Trong-Thien Do
Ngoc-Thach Pham
Tuan-Khanh Nguyen
Duc-Chinh Cao
Vu-Trung Nguyen
Thi-Mai T. Tran
Ba-Hien Pham
Anh-Long Tran
Van-Thuong Nguyen
Van-Thanh Nguyen
Xuan-Thang Tran
Thi-Lan Nguyen
Duc-Truong Lai
Quang-Hieu Vu
Satoko Otsu
Source :
Healthcare, Healthcare, Vol 9, Iss 1713, p 1713 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2021.

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.

Details

ISSN :
22279032
Volume :
9
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Healthcare
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....e14cb4e9b01f816ed5f132cb15957c85
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121713