ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2020
Anxiety, Distress, and Turnover Intention of Healthcare Workers in Peru by Their Distance to the Epicenter during the COVID-19 Crisis.
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- A global overview of healthcare workers' turnover intention amid COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review with future directions.Human resources for health · 2022Pooled it
- Mental disorder symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America - a systematic review and meta-analysis.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2022Pooled it
- Counterintuitive consequences of COVID-19 on healthcare workers: A meta-analysis of the relationship between work engagement and job satisfaction.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Meta-Regression on the Heterogenous Factors Contributing to the Prevalence of Mental Health Symptoms During the COVID-19 Crisis Among Healthcare Workers.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers' anxiety levels: a meta-analysis.PeerJ · 2022Pooled it
- Prevalence of anxiety in health care professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid systematic review (on published articles in Medline) with meta-analysis.Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- The Prevalence of Psychological Status During the COVID-19 Epidemic in China: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Stress and turnover intention among healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia during the time of COVID-19: Can social support play a role?PloS one · 2021Trial
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- Assessment of healthcare worker resilience at the epicenter of the 2022 Sudan virus disease outbreak in Uganda: implications for future preparedness.BMC psychology · 2025Article
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- Clinical utility of the GAD-7 for detecting generalized anxiety in Quechua indigenous people.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Assessment of a Pilot Program for Remote Support on Mental Health for Young Physicians in Rural Settings in Peru: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- The Effect of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Job Satisfaction, Work Stress and Burnout of Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Iranian journal of public health · 2024Review
- Effect of COVID-19 response work experience on turnover intention among employees of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals in Seoul.Human resources for health · 2024Article
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Abstract
We conducted a cross-sectional survey to assess the anxiety, distress, and turnover intention (likelihood to leave their current job) of healthcare workers in Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results reported that 21.7% healthcare workers in Peru experienced severe anxiety, whereas 26.1% of them experienced severe mental distress. A higher level of education related with a lower level of anxiety. Younger workers had a higher level of turnover intention than their older colleagues did. Healthcare workers in the private sector had a higher turnover intention than those in the public sector. Most importantly, people who were geographically far from Lima, the epicenter in Peru, during the outbreak experienced less anxiety and mental distress, corroborating the ripple effect and disconfirming the typhoon eye theory. However, the direction of these relationships can change depending on the type of institutions (public versus private) and the type of employees' contract (full time versus part time). Our research helps provide insights for clinical professionals in identifying the vulnerable groups to mental disorders in Peru. This is the first study to assess anxiety, mental distress, and turnover intention in healthcare workers in Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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