Trait and state anxiety in healthcare professionals of intensive care unit

Fenzke, Michele Nunes; Viante, Wendy Julia Mariano; Aguiar, Bianca Fontana; Gama, Bárbara da Silva; Pimenta, Adriano Marçal; Miranda, Fernanda Moura D’Almeida

doi:10.1590/1983-1447.2023.20230028.en

Michele Nunes Fenzke

formal analysis

conceptualization

writing – review & editing

Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9831-0864

Wendy Julia Mariano Viante

writing – original draft

writing – review & editing

Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1719-5778

Bianca Fontana Aguiar

methodology

Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9054-8245

Bárbara da Silva Gama

conceptualization

writing – original draft

Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6867-4648

Adriano Marçal Pimenta

formal analysis

data curation

software

Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.

Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Departamento de Enfermagem. Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7049-7575

Fernanda Moura D’Almeida Miranda

supervision

Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.

Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Departamento de Enfermagem. Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7140-9557

Corresponding author:
Michele Nunes Fenzke E-mail: myfenzke@hotmail.com

Associate editor:

Gabriella de Andrade Boska

Editor-in-chief:

João Lucas Campos de Oliveira

Authorship contribution:

Formal analysis: Adriano Marçal Pimenta, Michele Nunes Fenzke. Conceptualization: Michele Nunes Fenzke, Bárbara da Silva Gama. Data curation: Adriano Marçal Pimenta. Writing-original draft: Bárbara da Silva Gama, Wendy Julia Mariano Viante. Writing-review & editing: Michele Nunes Fenzke, Wendy Julia Mariano Viante. Methodology: Bianca Fontana Aguiar. Software: Adriano Marçal Pimenta. Supervision: Fernanda Moura D’Almeida Miranda.

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Characteristics	Absolute frequency (n)	Relative frequency (%)
Gender
Female	72	72
Male	28	28
Age group
22 to 29 years old	15	15
30 to 39 years old	55	55
40 to 49 years old	24	24
50 to 57 years old	6	6
Color or race
White	68	68
Black	30	30
Other	2	2
Stable union
Yes	60	60
No	40	40
Children
Yes	55	55
No	45	45
Residence
Curitiba	84	84
Metropolitan region	16	16
Means of transportation to work
Own transport	72	72
Walking	15	15
Public transport	10	10
Application	3	3

Characteristics	Absolute frequency (n)	Relative frequency (%)
Profession
Nursing assistant	1	1
Nursing Technician	37	37
Nurse	35	35
Physician	15	15
Physical therapist	10	10
Resident Professional	2	2
Daily workload
4 to 8 hours	46	46
9 to 18 hours	53	53
Weekly workload
Up to 40 hours	75	75
Over 40 hours	25	25
Work shift
Daytime	51	51
Night shift/duty*	49	49
Intensive Care Unit
Cardiology	25	25
Surgical	19	19
Semi-intensive	22	22
Pediatric	12	12
Neonatal	11	11
General	11	11
Other employment bond
Yes	32	32
No	68	68
Employment contract
Statutory Public Employee	12	12
CLT Public Employee	63	63
Others**	25	25
Working time at the hospital
Up to 2 years	35	35
2 to 5 years	31	31
5 or more years	34	34
Working time at ICU
Up to 5 years	47	47
5 or more years	52	52

Characteristics	Absolute frequency(n)	Relative frequency(%)
Working time in COVID-ICU
Up to 11 months	42	42
12 to 24 months	58	58
Performed COVID test
Yes	97	97
No	3	3
Test
PCR	88	90.73
Fast	4	4.12
Serological	5	5.15
Tested positive for COVID-19
Yes	65	65
No	35	35
Medical leave
Yes	67	67
No	33	33
Duration of leave
No	33	33
Up to 7 days	28	28
8 to 14 days	28	28
15 or more days	11	11
Hospitalization
Yes	4	4
No	96	96
Days of hospitalization
1	1	25
22	1	25
3	1	25
8	1	25
Vaccinated against COVID-19
Yes	100	100
No	0	0
Number of vaccine doses
1	1	1
2	2	2
3	97	97

Characteristics	Anxiety
	Trait			State
	Mean	Standard deviation	p-value	Mean	Standard deviation	p-value
Gender			0.024			0.018
Female	46.63	9.45		44.86	11.65
Male	41.89	9.01		38.64	11.58
Age group			0.049			0.109
22 to 29 years old	50.66	7.19		49.53	7.82
30 to 39 years old	45.40	10.52		42.89	12.46
40 to 49 years old	41.95	6.68		40.20	11.89
50 to 57 years old	44.50	10.57		40.83	11.78
Race or ethnicity			0.977			0.686
White	45.27	9.65		42.50	11.78
Black/Brown	45.46	9.69		44.20	12.61
Other	44.00	5.65		48.00	4.24
Stable union			0.096			0.056
Yes	44.01	9.71		41.26	11.45
No	47.25	9.03		45.90	12.19
Children			0.003			0.041
Yes	42.83	8.48		40.92	11.59
No	48.33	9.96		45.80	11.86
Residence			0.711			0.857
Curitiba	45.15	9.85		43.21	11.99
Metropolitan region	46.12	7.86		42.62	11.84
Means of transportation to work			0.831			0.799
Own transport	45.09	9.76		42.77
Walking	44.40	10.43		42.66
Public transport	47.70	6.83		46.70
Application	47.00	10.14		41.66

Characteristics	Anxiety
	Trait			State
	Mean	Standard deviation	p-value	Mean	Standard deviation	p-value
Profession			0.086			0.049
Nursing team	44.31	9.09		41.69	12.37
Otder healtdcare professionals	48.00	10.32		46.96	9.75
Daily workload			0.090			0.035
4 to 8 hours	43.69	9.47		40.54	11.39
9 to 18 hours	46.94	9.35		45.56	11.98
Weekly workload			0.010			0.029
Up to 40 hours	43.90	9.13		41.62	12.02
Over 40 hours	49.52	9.65		47.60	10.57
Work shift			0.649			0.227
Daytime	44.88	10.17		41.70	11.71
Night/Others	45.75	8.91		44.59	12.06
Intensive care unit			0.977			0.402
Adult	45.32	9.41		42.57	11.62
Pediatric	45.26	10.14		44.95	12.92
Other employment bond			0.194			0.162
Yes	43.50	11.10		40.68	13.45
No	46.16	8.47		44.26	11.03
Employment contract			0.050			0.125
Statutory Public Employee	43.75	7.16		40.00	9.84
CLT Public Employee	44.01	9.84		42.11	13.00
Others*	49.32	8.88		47.16	8.91
Working time at the hospital			0.337			0.010
Up to 2 years	46.78	10.33		45.57	11.31
2 to 5 years	43.22	9.98		37.83	11.13
5 or more years	46.00	8.12		45.41	11.96
Working time at ICU			0.027			0.094
Up to 5 years	47.40	10.87		45.02	12.24
5 or more years	43.19	7.65		41.03	11.20

[1] Corresponding author:
Michele Nunes Fenzke E-mail: myfenzke@hotmail.com

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Trait and state anxiety in healthcare professionals of intensive care unit

Rasgo y estado de ansiedad en profesionales de salud de unidad de cuidados intensivos

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