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Prevalence of anxiety towards COVID-19 and its associated factors among healthcare workers in a Hospital of Ethiopia

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  • Simegnew Kibret
  • Diriba Teshome
  • Efrem Fenta
  • Metages Hunie
  • Tadese Tamire

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Background: The World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Healthcare workers are directly involved in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients with COVID-19.This study aims to assess the prevalence of anxiety and its associated factors towards the COVID-19 outbreak among healthcare workers in a Hospital of Ethiopia. Methods: A Hospital-based survey study was conducted on a total of 305 Healthcare workers in a Hospital of Ethiopia. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression were used to analyze data between independent variables with anxiety. Variables with a p-value of

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  • Simegnew Kibret & Diriba Teshome & Efrem Fenta & Metages Hunie & Tadese Tamire, 2020. "Prevalence of anxiety towards COVID-19 and its associated factors among healthcare workers in a Hospital of Ethiopia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(12), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0243022
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243022
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    1. Jiyao Chen & Nusrat Farah & Rebecca Kechen Dong & Richard Z. Chen & Wen Xu & Jin Yin & Bryan Z. Chen & Andrew Yilong Delios & Saylor Miller & Xue Wan & Wenping Ye & Stephen X. Zhang, 2021. "Mental Health during the COVID-19 Crisis in Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(20), pages 1-19, October.
    2. Abdulnasir Abagero & Luca Ragazzoni & Ives Hubloue & Francesco Barone-Adesi & Hamdi Lamine & Adamu Addissie & Francesco Della Corte & Martina Valente, 2022. "A Review of COVID-19 Response Challenges in Ethiopia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(17), pages 1-13, September.

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