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Level of Depression, Hopelessness and Post-Traumatic Growth in COVID-19 Frontline Health Workers

COVID-19 Kliniklerinde Çalışan Sağlık Personelinin Umutsuzluk, Depresyon ve Travma Sonrası Büyüme Durumları

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1419–1427
Publication Date
2022-12-22
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Considering that health care workers with higher levels of hope are less traumatized by the pandemic, activity aimed at encouraging hope should be included in future psychological rehabilitation studies involving health workers.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This study aimed to determine hopelessness, depression, and post-traumatic growth in health care team during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Key Findings & Data:This study was a cross sectional descriptive study that conducted during 15 December 2020 to 15 March 2021 in Turkey.
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⚙️Variables:Covid-19 · Sağlık Çalışanı · Psikolojik Stres

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This study aimed to determine hopelessness, depression, and post-traumatic growth in health care team during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study was a cross sectional descriptive study that conducted during 15 December 2020 to 15 March 2021 in Turkey. One hundred thirty-two health care workers that cared for patients diagnosed with COVID-19 selected by the convenient sampling method. Data were collected using an online method with some tools containing questions investigating individuals’ sociodemographic characteristics, depression, hopelessness, and post-traumatic growth inventories. The data were analyzed by IBM SPSS 21 statistical software. No significant relationship was determined between variables such as age, gender, education, working status, or marital status and other scores of the inventories. However, positive correlation was found between individuals that seeking psychological help and depression scores. Also, significant negative correlations were observed between total Post-traumatic Growth Inventory scores and Personal Strength, Spiritual Change and Appreciation of Life subscale scores, as well as Hopelessness scores. The findings of the present research are important in terms of demonstrating the importance of the psychological needs of health care workers, with high probabilities of future pandemics. Considering that health care workers with higher levels of hope are less traumatized by the pandemic, activity aimed at encouraging hope should be included in future psychological rehabilitation studies involving health workers.

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Bu çalışmada COVID-19 pandemi sürecinde aktif rol alan sağlık personelinin umutsuzluk, depresyon ve travma sonrası büyüme durumlarının belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. 15 Aralık 2020 - 15 Mart 2021 tarihleri arasında Türkiye'de gerçekleştirilen kesitsel tanımlayıcı bir çalışmadır. Araştırmaya uygun örnekleme yöntemiyle sosyal medya platformlarından ulaşılan COVID-19 tanılı hastalarla çalışan 132 sağlık personeli dahil edilmiştir. Araştırma verileri bireylerin; sosyo demografik özelliklerini belirlemeye ilişkin sorular ile depresyon, umutsuzluk ve travma sonrası büyüme ölçeklerini içeren online veri toplama aracı kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Veriler, IBM SPSS 21 istatistik programında analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmamızda yaş, cinsiyet, eğitim durumu, çalışma durumu, medeni durum gibi değişkenlerle ölçek puanları arasında anlamlı bir ilişki saptanmamıştır. Buna karşın psikolojik yardım almayı isteme ile depresyon puanları arasında istatistiksel olarak pozitif yönde anlamlı bir ilişki saptanmıştır. Travma sonrası büyüme ölçeği toplam puanı ile alt ölçeklerinden Kişisel Güçlülük, Manevi Değişim, Yaşamı Takdir Etme puanları ile umutsuzluk ölçeği puanları arasında ters yönde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı ilişki saptanmıştır. Araştırmamızın bulguları gelecekteki olası pandemilerle karşılaşabilmeleri muhtemel olan sağlık personellerinin, psikolojik olarak güçlendirilmesinin önemini ortaya koyması bakımından önemlidir. Umut düzeyi daha yüksek sağlık personellerinin pandemi süreçlerinden daha az travmatize olmaları göz önüne alındığında, sağlık personellerine yapılacak psikolojik rehabilitasyon çalışmalarında umudu geliştirmeye yönelik müdahalelere yer verilmesi önerilebilir.

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TERZİOĞLU, C., AYHAN, F. (2022). Level of Depression, Hopelessness and Post-Traumatic Growth in COVID-19 Frontline Health Workers. Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, Cilt: 11 - Sayı: 4, 1419–1427. https://ajindex.com/articles/859572

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