Psychosocial Impact and Role of Resilience on Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods and Materials
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedures
2.3. Measures
2.3.1. Resilience
2.3.2. Personality Traits
2.3.3. Anxiety
2.3.4. Stress
2.4. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Gender | Role | ANOVA(1,148) | |||||||||
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Males (n = 50) | Females (n = 102) | Physicians (n = 45) | Paramed. (n = 107) | Gender | Role | Interact. | |||||
Mean | S.d. | Mean | S.d. | Mean | S.d. | Mean | S.d. | F | F | F | |
Stress | 15.58 | 9.94 | 19.26 | 6.86 | 17.98 | 10.53 | 18.09 | 6.96 | 5.74 * | 0.29 | 0.25 |
Anxiety | 39.98 | 10.67 | 47.57 | 11.85 | 43.20 | 11.26 | 45.82 | 12.19 | 14.10 * | 0.59 | 0.91 |
Resilience (RSA): | M (n = 50) | F (n = 102) | t(150) | ||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Social support | 4.05 | 0.47 | 4.30 | 0.54 | −2.74 * |
Perception of future | 3.88 | 0.88 | 3.99 | 0.70 | −0.39 |
Familiar support | 4.20 | 0.54 | 4.22 | 0.61 | −0.85 |
Self-perception | 4.03 | 0.63 | 3.92 | 0.69 | 0.37 |
Social behavior | 3.66 | 0.50 | 3.48 | 0.50 | 2.09 |
Structured style | 4.05 | 0.85 | 4.08 | 0.76 | −0.22 |
Stress | Anxiety | |
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Personality (BFQ): | ||
Extraversion | −0.09 | −0.14 |
Agreeableness | −0.14 | −0.19 |
Conscientiousness | −0.18 | −0.27 |
Emotional stability | −0.38 * | −0.58 * |
Openness | −0.11 | −0.25 |
Resilience: | ||
Social support | −0.04 | 0.00 |
Perception of future | −0.32 * | −0.41 * |
Familiar support | −0.25 | −0.13 |
Self -perception | −0.32 * | −0.51 * |
Social behavior | −0.09 | −0.17 |
Structured style | −0.12 | −0.05 |
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Coco, M.; Guerrera, C.S.; Santisi, G.; Riggio, F.; Grasso, R.; Di Corrado, D.; Di Nuovo, S.; Ramaci, T. Psychosocial Impact and Role of Resilience on Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic. Sustainability 2021, 13, 7096. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137096
Coco M, Guerrera CS, Santisi G, Riggio F, Grasso R, Di Corrado D, Di Nuovo S, Ramaci T. Psychosocial Impact and Role of Resilience on Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic. Sustainability. 2021; 13(13):7096. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137096
Chicago/Turabian StyleCoco, Marinella, Claudia Savia Guerrera, Giuseppe Santisi, Febronia Riggio, Roberta Grasso, Donatella Di Corrado, Santo Di Nuovo, and Tiziana Ramaci. 2021. "Psychosocial Impact and Role of Resilience on Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic" Sustainability 13, no. 13: 7096. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137096