Fear in health professionals working in a hospital institution in Covid-19

Asencios-Trujillo, Lucia ^[1] ; Asencios-Trujillo, Lida ^[1] ; La Rosa-Longobardi, Carlos ^[1] ; Gallegos-Espinoza, Djamila ^[1] ; Piñas-Rivera, Livia ^[1]
1. [1] Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle
  
  Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle
  
  Perú
Localización: Health Leadership and Quality of Life, ISSN-e 3008-8488, Vol. 3, Nº. 0, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Health Leadership and Quality of Life)
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- Fear is a negative experience in health professionals given that exposure during the pandemic, high labor demand and emotional implications, have significant effects on their psychological well-being, therefore, the objective of the research is to determine the fear in health professionals working in a hospital institution of COVID-19. It is a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional and non-experimental study, with a population of 220 health professionals who answered a questionnaire of sociodemographic data and the scale of fear of COVID-19. In their results, 23% (n=51) of the professionals have a low fear of COVID-19, 37% (n=91) medium fear of COVID-19 and 40% (n=88) high fear of COVID-19. In conclusion, the constant exposure of health professionals to the risk of contagion, excessive workload and emotional pressure during the pandemic have generated high levels of fear.