Stress levels of healthcare workers in the COVID -19 pandemic in relation to gender roles: Is the problem limited to the work?
Yıl: 2022 Cilt: 25 Sayı: 1 Sayfa Aralığı: 5 - 14 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.5505/kpd.2022.92668 İndeks Tarihi: 02-07-2022
Stress levels of healthcare workers in the COVID -19 pandemic in relation to gender roles: Is the problem limited to the work?
Öz: Objective: In addition to many medical consequences,
COVID-19 pandemic has also caused some social
changes especially for healthcare workers working in the
front lines of the pandemic. However, this has not affected
everyone equally and gender roles became a determinant
especially in domestic life. Method: In this crosssectional
study with a sample of 670 healthcare workers
in Turkey; a sociodemographic data form, Perceived
Stress Scale (PSS), and Gender Roles Attitude Scale
(GRAS) were applied to examine stress levels and their
relationship with gender roles. Results: Mean PSS scores
were significantly higher in women (27.03) healthcare
workers than men (23.14) Women who did all or most of
the housework on their own were almost three times the
men (67.2% vs 22.9%) and this increased stress levels of
women. In the GRAS, female participants had higher
scores (173.2) than male participants (161.8); which
means they were more egalitarian, and academic degree
or job did not affect GRAS. Discussion: Besides many
challenges related with working in pandemic period;
women healthcare workers face additional distress
because of the gender roles. Analyzing the effects of the
pandemic without gender dimensions may be insufficient
to fully understand the public health aspect of the
pandemic.
Anahtar Kelime: Covid-19 pandemisinde sağlık çalışanlarının stres düzeyi ve cinsiyet rolleri ile ilişkisi: Sorun sadece işle mi sınırlı?
Öz: Amaç: Covid-19 Pandemisi, özellikle ön safhada görev
alan sağlık çalışanları üzerinde birçok tıbbi etkinin
yanında, bazı sosyal değişimlere de neden olmuştur.
Ancak bu durum herkesi eşit olarak etkilememekte,
toplumsal cinsiyet rolleri özellikle ev yaşamında etkili
olmaktadır. Yöntem: Türkiye’den 670 sağlık çalışanı ile
yapılan bu kesitsel çalışmada, sosyodemografik veri
formu, Algılanan Stres Ölçeği (ASÖ) ve Toplumsal
Cinsiyet Rolleri Tutum Ölçeği (TCRTÖ) uygulanmıştır.
Bulgular:Ortalama ASÖ skorları kadın sağlık
çalışanlarında (27,03) erkeklere (23,14) oranla anlamlı
olarak yüksek bulundu. Tüm ev işini tek başına yaptığını
söyleyen kadınların oranı erkeklerin üç katı idi (67.2%/
22.9%) ve bu durum kadınların stres düzeyini yükseltiyordu.
TCRTÖ’de kadınlar (173,2), daha eşitlikçi tutumu
gösterecek şekilde erkeklerden (161,8) daha yüksek puan
aldılar. İş kolu ya da akademik düzeyin cinsiyet rolleri
üzerinde etkili olmadığı bulundu. Sonuç: Pandemi
koşullarında çalışmanın getirdiği birçok zorluğun yanı
sıra, kadın sağlık çalışanları cinsiyet rolleri nedeniyle daha
fazla stres düzeyine sahiptir. Pandeminin getirdiği halk
sağlığı sorunlarını tam olarak anlayabilmek için cinsiyet
rollerinin de hesaba katılması gerekmektedir.
Anahtar Kelime: Belge Türü: Makale Makale Türü: Araştırma Makalesi Erişim Türü: Erişime Açık
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