An Investigation of Associations and Incidence of Anxiety, Depression, Perceived Vulnerability to Diseases, and Fear of COVID-19 Among Nigerian Health Care Workers

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dc.contributor.authorAkpunne, Bede
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-04T14:37:26Z
dc.date.available2022-05-04T14:37:26Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-03
dc.description.abstractBackground: Health care workers (HCWs) are the frontline of coping COVID-19 pandemic, which indicates the importance of improvingtheir mental wellness to better cope with the situation. Objectives: The current study aimed to firstly assess the severity of anxiety and depression and perceived vulnerability to diseases, and secondly to investigate their association with the fear of COVID-19 among Nigerian HCWs. Methods: For this cross-sectional study, a purposefully selected sample of 413 HCWs from two tertiary healthcare 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. Data was collected between October 2020 and February 2021. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize socio-demographic variables, while inferential statistics (t-test for independent samples, one-way ANOVA, and linear regression) were used to test hypotheses. Results: A high prevalence of anxiety, depression, and perceived vulnerability to diseases (PVD)was observed. Perceived infectability ( = 0.244, P = 0.000), germ aversion ( = 0.166, P = 0.000), and composite PVD ( = 0.96, P = 0.000) were identified as independent and significant predictors of fear of COVID-19, accounting for 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 differences among the HCWs. Conclusions: This study demonstrated a high incidence 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.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSelf-sponsoreden_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.run.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/2644
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAchieves of pediatric infectious diseasesen_US
dc.subjectVulnerabilityen_US
dc.subjectInfectious Diseaseen_US
dc.subjectAnxietyen_US
dc.subjectDepressionen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectHealthcare Workersen_US
dc.titleAn Investigation of Associations and Incidence of Anxiety, Depression, Perceived Vulnerability to Diseases, and Fear of COVID-19 Among Nigerian Health Care Workersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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