Comparison of Fear of COVID-19 in Medical and Nonmedical Personnel in a Public Hospital in Mexico-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Comparison of Fear of COVID-19 in Medical and Nonmedical Personnel in a Public Hospital in Mexico

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Barbosa-Camacho Francisco José¹^ORCID,García-Reyna Benjamín²,Cervantes-Cardona Guillermo Alonso³^ORCID,Cervantes-Pérez Enrique⁴^ORCID,Chavarria-Avila Efraín³,Pintor-Belmontes Kevin Josue¹,Guzmán-Ramírez Bertha Georgina¹,Hernández-Bernal Aldo¹,Ibarrola-Peña Juan Carlos¹,Fuentes-Orozco Clotilde¹^ORCID,González-Ojeda Alejandro¹^ORCID,Cervantes-Guevara Gabino⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Unidad de Investigación Biomédica 02, Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

2. Centro Universitario del Norte, Universidad de Guadalajara, Colotlan, Jalisco, Mexico

3. Departamento de Disciplinas Filosófico, Metodológicas e Instrumentales, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara

4. Departamento de Nutrición Clínica, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico

5. Hospital Civil de Guadalajara “Fray Antonio Alcalde”, Universidad de Guadalajara

Abstract

Abstract The world is social distancing and compulsory confinement has caused stress, psychological instability, stigmatization, fear, and discrimination in the general population. In this cross-sectional survey study, we administered the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) to hospital medical and nonmedical personnel. A total of 1,216 participants were included in the study. We found that the global FCV-19S mean score was 16.4 ± 6.1, with a significant difference between women and men’s scores. Medical students presented higher scores than experienced medical personnel. As the medical and nursing personnel scored higher on the FCV-19S than the nonmedical hospital staff, our findings suggest that greater knowledge of medicine or infectious diseases could decrease the overall psychological impact of the pandemic disease.

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