Stigmatization of healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: their psychosocial states and the factors affecting them

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dc.contributor.authorTekin, Cigdem
dc.contributor.authorKarakas, Nese
dc.contributor.authorAkbulut, Sami
dc.contributor.authorKurt, Harun
dc.contributor.authorBentli, Recep
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-24T18:09:36Z
dc.date.available2025-10-24T18:09:36Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentMalatya Turgut Özal Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractObjectives: It is assumed that healthcare professionals are directly or indirectly subjected to stigma during the COVID-19 pandemic, impacting their psychosocial health. This study aimed to evaluate the psychosocial status of healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic and examine the factors affecting their exposure to stigma. Methods: This cross-sectional study included all healthcare professionals (n=1132) working in primary and secondary healthcare institutions in Malatya Province. Descriptive questions were asked to measure the stigma experienced by healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak. The Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale and Insomnia Severity Index were used to evaluate psychosocial health status. Results: Of the participants, 68.7% stated that they were exposed to stigma because they are healthcare professionals. The findings indicated that 72.1% of those who felt stigmatized for being a healthcare professional suffered from mod-erate or severe depression, and 66.9% suffered from subthreshold or moderate insomnia. When their current health state was compared with that before the pandemic, 25.0% said that it became worse\much worse. Conclusion: The results of this study indicated that most participants had been exposed to stigmatization because they are healthcare professionals. The participants who were exposed to stigma were found to suffer more from de-pression and insomnia. When their current health state was compared with that before the pandemic, one of every four participants stated that it became worse/much worse.
dc.identifier.doi10.14744/phd.2022.83436
dc.identifier.endpage129
dc.identifier.issn2149-374X
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.startpage120
dc.identifier.trdizinid1267559
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.14744/phd.2022.83436
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/1267559
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12899/3730
dc.identifier.volume14
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001047767600005
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherKare Publ
dc.relation.ispartofJournal Of Psychiatric Nursing
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20251023
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemic; depression; healthcare professionals; insomnia; stigma
dc.titleStigmatization of healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: their psychosocial states and the factors affecting them
dc.typeArticle

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