Health Anxiety And Psychological Well-Being Among Medical Doctors During Covid-19 Outbreak

Fatmawati, Fatmawati and Taufik, Muhammad Health Anxiety And Psychological Well-Being Among Medical Doctors During Covid-19 Outbreak. In: Health Anxiety And Psychological Well-Being Among Medical Doctors During Covid-19 Outbreak. Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, pp. 6-31.

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Abstract

Background: COVID-19 pandemic gives several personal impacts on medical doctors. They reports an increase in cases of stress and anxiety, especially anxiety related to health, which then contributes to their mental health and psychological well-being. Aim: Therefore, this study aimed to measure the relationship between health anxiety and psychological well-being among medical doctors during COVID-19 outbreak. Method: The study was conducted in Aceh Province and there were 338 doctors who participated. The snowball sampling was used in order to gain the participants. The health anxiety was carried out through The Short Health Anxiety Inventory (Abramowitz, Deacon, & Valentiner, 2007), while psychological well-being was measured through Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scales (Ryff, 1989). Cronbach’s alphas for the 17 health anxiety and 42 psychological well-being items were 0.85 and 0.89, respectively. In order to test the hypothesis, Pearson Correlation Test was conducted. Results: From the analysis, it was found that health anxiety and psychological well�being were negative significantly correlated, r=-0.12, p<0.05. This meant the higher health anxiety, the lower psychological well-being among medical doctors, and vice versa. Conclusion: From this study, it could be concluded that health anxiety experienced by medical doctors had a significant impact on their psychological well-being, therefore, there must be proper support available for all health practitioners (not only doctors) as they are the front-line professional who directly deal with patients during this COVID-19 outbreak

Item Type:	Prosiding
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Health Anxiety; Psychological Well-Being; Doctor; Covid-19
Subjects:	A General Works > AC Collections. Series. Collected works
Divisions:	Universitas Pembangunan Jaya
Depositing User:	Alexandro Andika
Date Deposited:	13 Oct 2023 01:21
Last Modified:	13 Oct 2023 01:21
URI:	http://eprints.upj.ac.id/id/eprint/5467

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