Anxiety Levels and Coping Strategies to Deal with COVID-19: A Cross-Cultural Study among the Spanish and Latin American Healthcare Populations
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Anxiety Coping strategies COVID-19 Pandemic Healthcare population
Date
2023-03-13Referencia bibliográfica
Olivencia-Carrión, M.A.; Olivencia-Carrión, M.D.; Fernández- Daza, M.; Zabarain-Cogollo, S.; Castro, G.P.; Jiménez-Torres, M.G. Anxiety Levels and Coping Strategies to Deal with COVID-19: A Cross- Cultural Study among the Spanish and Latin American Healthcare Populations. Healthcare 2023, 11, 844. [https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11060844]
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Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Research Project “Psychological impact and coping with COVID-19 in health personnel from Spanish-speaking countries” (grant number INV2871).Résumé
Given its impact, COVID-19 has engendered great challenges in terms of health, highlighting
the key role of health personnel. This study aims to analyze the level of anxiety, as well as coping
strategies, among the health personnel in Latin American countries and Spain. An exploratory, descriptive,
quantitative, cross-sectional study was conducted with 584 participants from the healthcare
population. No significant differences were observed in anxiety levels due to COVID-19 between
Latin American countries and Spain. In Spain, an active and passive coping style is used, while
in Latin American countries, an avoidance coping style is employed; there is a direct correlation
between anxiety levels and the avoidance coping style. There exists an inverse correlation between
anxiety levels and the use of an active coping style; moreover, there are no significant differences
in the anxiety level of health personnel depending on whether they have cared for patients with
COVID-19. Low cognitive activity, use of the avoidance method and Spanish geography were the
main predictive coping styles of anxiety. Effective measures are required for preserving the mental
health of health professionals during pandemics