Integrative level of anxiety in medical workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

The integrative level of anxiety in medical workers during the COVID-19 pandemic has been analyzed. The purpose of the study is to investigate the features of the manifestation of situational anxiety in medical personnel working on the front line with COVID-19 patients and in those working in other areas of medicine during the coronavirus pandemic. Research methods: to study the components of situational anxiety in medical personnel, the methodology «Application of an Integrative Anxiety Test» was used. Research results. Among medical workers of COVID hospitals providing medical care to patients with COVID-19, the «alarming outlook assessment» indicator prevails. The medical workers of hospitals providing medical care in their main profile, working in the «usual mode» and periodically identifying patients with the novel coronavirus infection COVID-19, are dominated by the «asthenic component» indicator. In outpatient medical workers providing medical care in conditions of an increased epidemic threshold for SARS, influenza and the novel coronavirus infection COVID-19, the «phobic component» indicator prevails.