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Can living with COVID-19 patients in a hospital increase anxiety levels? A survey-based single-center study in Peru
 
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School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, Universidad Norbert Wiener, Lima, PERU
 
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Department of Pathology, Hospital Nacional Docente Madre Niño San Bartolome, Lima, PERU
 
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Graduate School, Universidad Norbert Wiener, Lima, PERU
 
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Nurse Service, Villa Panamericana, Lima PERU
 
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+Mental Health Unit, Nesh Hubbs, Lima, PERU
 
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South America Center for Education and Research in Public Health, Universidad Norbert Wiener, Lima, PERU
 
 
Publication date: 2022-06-03
 
 
Electron J Gen Med 2022;19(5):em389
 
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Introduction:
Anxiety can affect front-line healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic mainly in settings with influencing factors. Living with COVID-19 patients in hospital settings could affect mental health during lockdown. The present study aimed to estimate the anxiety levels of HCWs of the care center for COVID-19 Villa Panamericana during the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Peru.

Methods:
This is a descriptive and correlational study. Ninety-six HCWs were enrolled in this study (mean age 30±5.6 years). The care center for COVID-19 Villa Panamericana houses COVID-19 patients and HCWs in the same environment. We used the 14-item Hamilton anxiety rating scale questionnaire. Professionals were interviewed directly at the VP-19 rest towers. SPSS V.23 were used to analyze the data.

Results:
Fifty-four (56.3%) were male and the most frequent age group was 26-35 years (81.3%). Thirty-nine (40.6%) were nurses, 28 (29.2%) were nursing technicians, 15 (15.6%) were physicians, and 14 (14.6%) were medical technologists. Of the total, 66 (68.8%) HCWs had a mild level of anxiety, while 6 (6.3%) had severe anxiety. Medical technologists and nursing technicians had the highest level of severe anxiety (14.3% and 7.1%), while nurses had the highest level of mild anxiety (76.9%). We report that 32 (33.3%) HCWs had COVID-19 while 93.7% had symptoms of anxiety [3(9.4%) mild to moderate, 21(65.6 %) moderate to severe, and 6(18.8%) severe]. We found a significant difference in anxiety levels between HCWs with and without COVID-19 (p=0.001).

Conclusions:
Levels of moderate and severe anxiety significantly increased in HCWs infected with COVID-19 during their coexistence with COVID-19 patients in the health center that houses both at the same time.

 
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