Anxiety Strategies Research Articles

Mentally healthy living after pandemic social distancing: a study of older Canadians reveals helpful anxiety reduction strategies.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, older Canadians were the most at risk of severe physical harm, including death, and their return to post-COVID life was expected to be especially anxiety-provoking. A study was conducted to obtain nationally representative evidence of older Canadians' self-perceived anxiety levels and their strategies to manage or mitigate it as public health restrictions were lifting. This study had a cross-sectional descriptive design. An e-survey was used to collect data from 1327 Canadians aged 60+ stratified by age, sex, and education to resemble the larger general population. Participants completed the Geriatric Anxiety Scale (GAS-10) and indicated which of the 16 Centre for Addictions and Mental Health's (2022) Coping with Stress and Anxiety strategies they were using to manage or mitigate their anxiety when social distancing was lifting. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression analysis were used to explore the data. While, on average, older Canadians were mildly anxious, nearly one-quarter of responders rated their anxiety as severe. Age, sex, perceived health, were statistically significant correlates of anxiety. Six coping strategies were associated with significantly lower anxiety scores. Moreover, accepting some fear and anxiety as normal, challenging worries and anxious thoughts, and practising relaxation/meditation appeared to increase anxiety. Older Canadians used multiple strategies to manage or mitigate their anxiety, and seemingly, with more successful than detrimental tries. Practitioners have much to learn and understand about older people's mental health promotion efforts after social distancing, now and for future pandemics.

Avaliação do Risco Biopsicossocial dos Trabalhadores em Ambiente Hospitalar

Introduction Health professionals are daily exposed to a set of demands that are often unpredictable and, consequently, have direct implications for their physical and mental health. These demands can come not only from users and family members, but also from working hours and conditions, which are difficult to control or change. According to the World Health Organization, chronic stress in the workplace leads to Burnout Syndrome. In this line of thought, one of the main concerns of Cantanhede’s Arcebispo João Crisóstomo Hospital is to seek and guarantee the general well-being of its employees and to make efforts to ensure a high level of this well-being. Objectives The main objective of this evaluation is to understand the Cantanhede’s Arcebispo João Crisóstomo Hospital health professionals’ levels of Anxiety, Depression and Burnout. Methodology Self-response instruments were used, such as the Anxiety, Depression and Stress Scale (EADS-42) and the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) Questionnaire. These instruments were applied to professionals who voluntarily collaborated in the study. After applying them, the results were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Results Out of the 62 employees who participated in the questionnaire, 83.9% are female and the most represented professional category is Nursing (38.7%). It should be noted that all the results obtained were considered normative/inferior when compared with the data for the Portuguese population, apart from Burnout, related to work, since it presents moderate values ​​for the male gender and moderate for Nursing professional category. Discussion/Conclusion Cantanhede Hospital has developed several strategies for Anxiety, Depression and Burnout Syndrome prevention and minimization, carrying out periodically an assessment of the health professional’s psychosocial risk. In this sense, the hospital has developed several initiatives, such as concerts, commemorative activities, more structured interventions such as yoga and mindfulness, clarification sessions on Burnout syndrome and even psychological and/or psychiatric intervention, whenever the need is identified. It is important to point out that, always aiming health professionals’ well-being, the continuity of this study is imperative, so it will be replicated in 2024. KEYWORDS Burnout Syndrome, Anxiety, Depression, Stress, Occupational Health, Occupational Medicine.

Learning and study strategies and engagement among Egyptian undergraduates: do gender and discipline matter?

Learning and study strategies and student engagement are key factors in achieving the intended learning outcomes. However, relatively little is known about these two concepts among Egyptian undergraduates as a function of gender (males/females) and discipline (science/humanities). This study investigates gender and discipline differences in learning and study strategies and student engagement among 522 Egyptian undergraduates. An adapted Arabic version of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory – Second Edition (LASSI-II) and a Student Engagement Scale (SES) are used. Multivariate analyses of variance reveal the existence of main effects for gender only on the anxiety strategy and for discipline on six LASS: information processing, anxiety, attitude, motivation, study aids, and time management. There are also statistically significant interactions between gender and discipline on three LASS: anxiety, motivation, and self-testing. Results also show there are no statistically significant differences in behavioural, emotional, or cognitive engagement subtypes due to gender and discipline. Educational implications, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.

An Investigation of EFL Students’ Anxiety towards Online English Learning in Paragraph based Writing Subject

This study aims to investigate the students’ anxiety related to the online English learning in writing subject as well as the factors that contribute anxiety during online learning, and exploring the students’ anxiety strategies in overcoming their anxiety for this study. One of private university in Cirebon was chosen as the site for this study. This study employed qualitative study with a case study design. Students’ anxiety from fourth semester in academic year 2019/2020 was chosen as the participant of this study. The data were collected through interview and questionnaire. This study discovered that students’ anxiety related to the English online learning is situation-specific anxiety, and the factors that contribute anxiety which can be group into four categories: being not familiar with the situation in, incompetence in learning, less English proficiency, no match with expectation. This study also identifies four category strategies employed by students’ anxiety: positive thinking, keep calm and enjoy it, self-confidence, and preparation. The findings of this study provide experiences for students about anxiety that can arise during online learning in unsupportive situation.
 Keywords: Anxiety; Types of Anxiety; Online Learning, Writing Skill; Paragraph Based Writing.

HUBUNGAN STRATEGI COPING DENGAN KECEMASAN MENGHADAPI PERSALINAN PADA IBU HAMIL PRE EKLAMPSIA BERAT DI RSUD SYARIFAH AMBAMI RATO EBHU BANGKALAN

Anxiety is something that afflicts almost everyone at a certain time in his life. Anxiety is a normal reaction to a situation that is very pressing for one's life. Anxiety can arise alone or join with other symptoms of various emotional disorders (Savitri Ramaiah, 2003: 10). Based on the results of the preliminary study, it is known that there are still mothers who experience anxiety about facing labor in PEB pregnant women, which is 29%. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between coping strategies and the anxiety of facing labor in PEB pregnant women at Syarifah Ambami Hospital Rato Ebhu Bangkalan. This research method is Analytical, while the research design uses cross sectional. Independent variables are coping strategies, and the dependent variable is anxiety. Population, namely all pregnant women with PEB as many as 33 pregnant women with an average of each month. Samples taken as many as 30 pregnant women with simple random sampling technique. Data collection using questionnaires and HARS scale were processed using cross tabulation and lambda statistical tests. From the results of the study, almost half of 45.8% of PEB pregnant women with mild anxiety with adaptive coping strategies were obtained. Based on the lambda statistical test, get pValue = 0.045 and a = 0.05. Thus the results obtained p = 0.045 <a = 0.05, which means that H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted, namely there is a significant relationship between Coping and Anxiety Strategy in Facing Labor in PEB Pregnant Women at Syarifah Ambami Hospital Rato Ebhu Bangkalan. The results of this study are expected to be a reference for midwives that a high-risk pregnant woman also has excessive anxiety that can affect the delivery process. By doing so, health workers should be able to provide detailed information to pregnant women about the high risks they experience.

Intervention Strategies for Anxiety in Children: A Summary of the Evidence

Abstract Date Presented 3/30/2017 A content analysis addressing interventions for anxiety in children was completed. Promising interventions included cognitive–behavioral therapy, social skills, yoga, deep pressure, and occupation-based groups. Tools were created to inform and measure intervention and outcomes based on the research. Primary Author and Speaker: Nina Handojo Additional Authors and Speakers: Christine Hsu-Nazzal, Nadia Kabbani, Yvonne Swinth Contributing Authors: George Tomlin, Kristen Brubaker

Acute pharmacotherapy for anxiety symptoms in patients with depression

Patients with depression often also present symptoms of anxiety. First-line pharmacotherapy of comorbid symptoms of depression and anxiety is often a combination therapy of an antidepressant agent, which is combined with benzodiazepines. However, benzodiazepines pose the drawbacks of being associated with cognitive and motor impairments and hold a significant risk for dependence. For some patients, benzodiazepines are contraindicated or patients refuse to take them. Therefore, alternative therapy strategies for the acute treatment of anxiety symptoms in depressed patients are urgently needed. A selective Medline/Pubmed search with focus on acute pharmacological treatment strategies for anxiety and agitation in depressed patients was undertaken. In the light of the paucity of studies in this field, positive effects could be assumed for quetiapine, olanzapine, olanzapine-fluoxetine combination, pregabaline and silexan.

Estrategias de afrontamiento y malestar emocional en mujeres con resultados dudosos de su mamografía de cribado

Objetive : The aims of this research are to study the coping strategies in women with doubtful results after mammography screening for breast cancer who require repeat testing at 6 months, and analyse the predictive value of coping strategies for anxiety and depression at both times of measurement. Methodology : One hundred and five women (mean age=59.9 anos, Sx=6.02) with BI-RADS 3 findings in a mammography screening were evaluated in coping (COPE), anxiety and depression (HADS), and 72 of these women were assessed at 6 months after a follow-up mammogram. Conclusions : Coping strategies most used were the active and problem-focused, and the avoidant strategies were the least used. In the second measurement time decreased the use of active coping (p=0.000), planning (p=0.002), positive reinterpretation and growth (p=0.03) and refrain coping (p=0.029). Anxiety and depression were normal in both assessments. Coping strategies problem-focused are more beneficial than emotion-focused, although the correlations between coping and anxiety/depression are modest. Screening mammography does not cause distress and requires few coping resources for participants. Campaigns for breast cancer screening should emphasize these results.

Perceived Efficiency and Use of Strategies for Emotion Regulation

A total of 819 students, 208 women and 210 men from Norway and 201 women and 200 men from Brazil, of whom 76.9% were in the 20- to 29-yr. age range, rated the use and efficiency of 14 strategies in regulation of emotion aimed at stopping anger, anxiety, and sadness. The same strategies were rated as most frequently used in both cultures for all three negative emotions. The most used strategies were "talking to somebody" and "saying something to oneself." Used strategies were rated as more efficient than nonused strategies; cultural variation in use of strategy was consistent with the distinction between individualism and collectivism and women's ratings supported prior research on confidence in emotions by showing use of more strategies for anxiety and sadness than men's. Ratings from an outpatient sample of 80 women (M age = 25.5 yr., SD = 4.4) and 80 men (M age = 25.4 yr., SD = 4.1) supported expectations that there would be differences between nonpatients and patients based on diagnostic characteristics of depression and anxiety.

Cognitive Control Functions of Study Activities: A Compensation Model

A rationale based on a compensation model for integrating research on study activities is proposed. The model emphasizes the function of study activities, as a subclass of cognitive skills aimed at cognitive control that compensates for limitations of the components of the information-processing system. The structure of study activities thus parallels the hypothesized control mechanisms employed in the information processing system. Within this framework, study activities are viewed as cognitive activities peculiar to the specific purposes and demands of academic settings. Three factor analyses confirmed five stable basic structures: selection-oriented, memory-oriented, organization-oriented, integration-oriented, and coping-oriented strategies (which include the two factors of executive-control and coping with anxiety strategies). The implications of these findings for further development of the model and for further research are discussed.