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    Associations and Prevalence of Anxiety, Depression, Perceived Vulnerability to Disease and the Fear of COVID-19 among Nigerian Healthcare Workers
    (Archives of Paediatric Infectious Disease, 2021-08-22) Onisile, Deborah
    Health care workers are frontline staff in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. To win this fight, their mental wellness cannot be overemphasized. This study assesses Anxiety and Depression severities, perceived vulnerability to diseases, and their link with the fear of COVID-19 among Nigerian Healthcare Workers (HCWs). A purposefully selected sample of 413 healthcare workers from two tertiary health care institutions in Benin City, Edo State, South-South Nigeria responded to the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Scale. A high prevalence of anxiety, depression, and perceived vulnerability to diseases was observed. Perceived infectability (β = .244, p = .000) and germ aversion (β = .166, p = .000) and composite PVD (β = .96, p = .000) were found to predict Fear of COVID-19 independently and significantly, reporting 7.5%; 3.3% and 9.9% variance in the severities of Fear of COVID-19, respectively. Anxiety and depression showed a significant joint prediction of Fear of COVID-19 severity, accounting for a 4.0% variance in the severity. Fear of COVID-19 was not found to be influenced by sex or job type difference among the HCWs. There is a high prevalence of anxiety, depression, and perceived vulnerability to COVID-19 among Nigerian HCWs. These reported symptoms of psychopathology are also strong independent and joint predictors of fear of COVID-19.
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    Retirement Anxiety: A Psychological Trauma for Selected Head Teachers in Ogun State.
    (National Association of Clinical Psychologists, 2017-05) Onisile, Deborah
    Retirement is usually a period of significant changes in the lives of public servants. This study investigated school head teachers and illness behaviours. A total of 501 participants were purposively selected. The result revealed a high rate of retirement anxiety and was found to significantly predicts illness behaviour.