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Psychological Problems and Coping Strategies of Health Workers in Caring for Covid-19 Patients: A Qualitative Study

Authors
Ayu Pratiwi1, *, Meynur Rohmah1, Yunike Edmaningsih1
1Universitas Yatsi Madani, Tangerang, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: ayupratiwi@uym.ac.id
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Ayu Pratiwi
Available Online 14 June 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-186-9_3How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Covid-19; Psychological Problems; Health Workers
Abstract

Individual coping includes psychological and life adjustments, altruistic actions, team support, and rational cognition. Health workers need coping strategies as a way to control themselves against stressors. Coping strategies can help health workers in reducing anxiety and psychological impact. The purpose of this study was to describe psychological problems and coping strategies for health workers in treating COVID-19 patients. The research method used a descriptive qualitative design with a total of eight participants living in Tangerang City and its surroundings through purposive sampling. Data analysis used thematic analysis. The results of the study produced four themes, namely: (1) anxiety, (2) growth under pressure, (3) emotional-focused coping (4) efforts to reduce the risk of infection. Conclusions: The need for interventions and approaches that will support health workers’ feelings include concern about health personnel, fear of carrying infection and transmitting it to family members or others, isolation, feelings of uncertainty, social stigmatization, and feeling insecure when providing care and health services to COVID-19 patients.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 1st World Conference on Health and Social Science (WCHSS 2022)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
14 June 2023
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10.2991/978-94-6463-186-9_3
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2468-5739
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10.2991/978-94-6463-186-9_3How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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