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Effect of concern about COVID-19 on professional self-efficacy, psychological distress, anxiety, and depression in Peruvian health personnel
Author(s)
Universidad Señor de Sipán
Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola
Ventura-León, José Luis
Private University of the North
Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás
Private University of the North
Shocosh, Darwin Hidalgo Blanco
Date Issued
21 de octubre de 2021
Type
Article
Publisher
Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatria Ramon de la Fuente
Volume
44
Issue
5
Series/Report No.
Salud Mental
Contained in
Salud Mental
Start Page
215
End Page
220
ISSN
0185-3325
Abstract
Introduction. Concern about becoming infected with COVID-19 is one of the reactions that has affected the mental health of Peruvian health care workers. Objective. To determine the effect of concern about COVID-19 on professional self-efficacy, psychological distress, anxiety, and depression in health personnel in the Puno region of Peru. Method. An explanatory, cross-sectional study was conducted with the voluntary participation of 401 health workers (such as nurses, physicians, nursing technicians, obstetricians, dentists, psychologists, and nutritionists) of both sexes (24.2% men and 75.5% women) from 12 health networks in the region of Puno, Peru. They were asked to answer the Scale of Concern for the Transmission of COVID-19 in Health Personnel (EPPC-Cov19), Patient Health Questionnarie-2 (PHQ-2, Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-2 (GAD-2) and the Professional Self Efficacy Scale (AU-10). Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used for data analysis. Results. The factor loads of the explanatory model showed a good fit: χ² (286) = 797.31, p