Abstract
(1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the living conditions of many people. Many people felt significantly constrained. However, for individuals who are both parents and healthcare professionals, the situation seems more troubling in other ways. (2) Objectives: Based on this, we planned a study evaluating demographic characteristics, COVID-19-related anxiety levels, and parenting-related stress levels of the health care professionals who were working in the University Hospital. We also evaluated the parameters that affect COVID-19-related anxiety and parenting stress. (3) Methods: The level of COVID-19-related anxiety is assessed by the coronavirus anxiety scale. The parenting stress index-short form is used for evaluation of parenting stress. Statistical analysis was done by SPSS version 22. (4) Results: Female gender, working as a nurse, a history of COVID-19, and having a child attending daycare were parameters that increased the level of COVID-19-related anxiety. Occupation, being a parent of a schoolchild and/or primary school child, being a parent of a child receiving face-to-face education, and having more than two children were found to be risk factors for parenting stress. Clinically significant parenting stress was found to increase threefold in healthcare workers with more than two children (R2 = 0.101, p = 0.039). (5) Conclusions: Healthcare professionals, who are also parents, play a huge role both at home and in the hospital in the pandemic. Therefore, it is inevitable that their stress and anxiety levels increase. It is important to determine the factors that cause stress and anxiety and to take measures in this direction to get through this process well.
Highlights
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute respiratory infection that can progress with pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) [1]
We aimed to reveal the factors affecting the coronavirus-related anxiety levels and parenting stress index levels of healthcare professionals who work during the pandemic period
Health care workers who had suffered from COVID-19 had higher Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) scores than others (p = 0.033)
Summary
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute respiratory infection that can progress with pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) [1]. Since the beginning of the pandemic, children and youth have been considered as a potential cause of disease spread The reason for this is the higher rate of asymptomatic disease in young people. Schools were closed, and distance education was started in many countries [6] In this case, being the child of healthcare professionals becomes a privileged concept. These children and young people can act as a bridge between two risky areas in terms of infection spread, such as hospitals and schools. Healthcare workers who are concerned about many issues such as being sick, spreading the disease, and not being able to provide good care to patients become worried about infecting their children if they are parents. We aimed to reveal the factors affecting the coronavirus-related anxiety levels and parenting stress index levels of healthcare professionals who work during the pandemic period
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