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The prevalence of coronaphobia among nursing staff in Saudi Arabia
Abdulaziz I Aljemaiah1, Ahmed Ali Alyami2, Fawaz S Alotaibi1
1Department of Psychiatry, Armed Forces Centre for Psychiatric Care, Taif, 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) 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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