The prevalence of coronaphobia among nursing staff in Saudi Arabia

Background: Nursing staff are in direct contact with the consequences of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. Design and Methods: Descriptive questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey of a sample of nursing staff working across Saudi Arabia. Results: The study included (n = 431)...

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Published inJournal of family medicine and primary care Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 1288 - 1291
Main Authors Aljemaiah, Abdulaziz, Alyami, Ahmed, Alotaibi, Fawaz, Osman, Mugtaba
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.04.2022
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
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coronaphobia
Coronaviruses
fear of covid-19
Nursing
nursing staff
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saudi arabia
Surveys
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
fear of COVID-19
Coronaphobia
nursing staff
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Summary:Background: Nursing staff are in direct contact with the consequences of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. Design and Methods: Descriptive questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey of a sample of nursing staff working across Saudi Arabia. Results: The study included (n = 431) nursing professionals. Coronaphobia prevalence among the nursing staff was 80.3% [95% confidence interval (CI): 76.5-84%]. There were (36.7%) who had severe cornaphobia. Working in a clinical department and being Saudi national were associated with increased COVID-19 fear (estimate = 0.109, P = 0.0153 and P = 0.010, respectively). Conclusion: Hospital management in Saudi Arabia needs to acknowledge the high prevalence of coronaphobia during the current COVID-19 crisis among nursing staff.
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ISSN:2249-4863
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DOI:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1412_21