The self-psychological safety maintenance and its influencing factors of community frontline staff during COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

The present study was designed to determine the self-psychological safety maintenance and its influencing factors of community staff on the front-line during Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.A total of 126 frontline staff in community were involved in the current cross-section study. Online questionnaires including the anxiety sensitivity index-3 (ASI-3), patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9), simple coping style questionnaire (SCSQ) and general self-efficacy scale (GSES) were utilized to analyze psychological state, coping style and self-efficacy of the surveyed staff.The ASI-3 standard score of 126 community frontline staff was 10.01±2.82, of which 21 community frontline staff scored>16, and the detection rate of anxiety was 16.67%. The anxiety state of doctors and nursing staff was significantly lower than that of administrative staff, logistics staff and other staff, and the rate of anxiety of having colleagues with suspected symptoms was significantly higher than that without colleagues with suspected symptoms (P