- Title
- The moderating role of psychological resilience in the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and psychological distress, in a cohort of rural and regional healthcare workers. During major lockdowns in Victoria, Australia 2020-2021
- Creator
- Petrou, Georgia; Crombie, Angela; Stanyer, Evan; McEvoy, Mark; Begg, Stephen; Skinner, Timothy; Faulkner, Peter; McEvoy, Anne; Parker, Carol; Masman, Kevin; Bamforth, Laura; Caccaviello, Gabriel
- Relation
- International Journal of Mental Health Nursing Vol. 33, Issue 5, p. 1336-1348
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/inm.13333
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2024
- Description
- The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in substantial pressures for healthcare workers across the world. The association between fear of COVID-19 and psychological distress, and the role of psychological resilience have gained research interest. The current study aimed to investigate the cross-sectional association between fear of COVID-19 and psychological distress, in Australian rural/regional healthcare workers and determine whether resilience modifies this association. Most participants were nurses (38.0%), mean age was 44.9 years, and 80.5% were female (N = 1313). An adjusted logistic regression analysis showed that the highest tertile of the Fear of COVID-19 scale was associated with higher odds of moderate to severe symptoms of anxiety (OR = 3.72, 95% CI = 2.27, 6.11; p < 0.001) and depression (OR = 3.48, 95% CI = 2.30, 5.28; p < 0.001). Healthcare workers with high level of fear of COVID-19 and low level of resilience were much more likely to report moderate to severe symptoms of anxiety (OR = 12.27, 95% CI = 6.65-22.65, p < 0.001) and depression (OR = 12.21, 95% CI = 6.93-21.50, p < 0.001) when compared to healthcare workers with low level of fear of COVID-19 and high level of resilience. A cross-sectional design was used and therefore cause and effect between fear of COVID-19 and psychological distress cannot be inferred. Longitudinal research is needed to investigate the possible causal relationship. These findings highlight the potential mental health effects of fear of COVID-19 on HCWs and demonstrate the importance of resilience as a possible moderator of these effects.
- Subject
- COVID-19; fear of COVID-19; healthcare workers; resilience; rural; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goal
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1514046
- Identifier
- uon:56810
- Identifier
- ISSN:1445-8330
- Rights
- © 2024 The Authors. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
- Language
- eng
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