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Anxiety Among Workers in Institutions for Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ana Belén Navarro-Prados1, Yanielis Rodríguez-Ramírez, Iraida Delhom
1From the Department of Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain (A.B.N.-P.); Department of Health, Office of Epidemiology and Research, Aguirre, Puerto Rico (Y.R.-R.); and Department of Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain (I.D., C.B., E.S., J.C.M.).
Objective:
The present study examined the factors that predict anxiety in workers of institutions for older adults in Puerto Rico during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods:
Nine hundred nursing home and assisted living workers were assessed via self-administered questionnaires. Data were collected online from October 2020 to February 2021, during Puerto Rico's third COVID-19 wave peak.
Results:
Experiential avoidance, emotional exhaustion, negative mood, perceived stress, and, to a lesser extent, depersonalization, predicted anxious feelings and thoughts during the pandemic. This study highlights the psychological distress faced by these workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and emphasizes considering maladaptive psychological factors when assessing and addressing anxiety in clinical practice during crises.
Conclusions:
These results underscore the urgent need for mental health support and interventions for these professionals to mitigate the pandemic's long-term impact on their well-being.
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