RT Journal Article
T1 Assessment of the Anxiety Level of Andalusian Podiatrists during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Increase Phase
A1 Vilar-Palomo, Samuel
A1 Pabon-Carrasco, Manuel
A1 Gonzalez-Elena, María Luisa
A1 Ramírez-Baena, Lucia
A1 Rodríguez-Gallego, Isabel
A1 Castro-Méndez, Aurora
K1 COVID-19
K1 SARS virus
K1 Pandemic
K1 Anxiety
K1 Psychological
K1 Andalusian
K1 Andalucía
AB Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is caused by SARS-CoV-2 and represents the causative agent of a potentially fatal disease that is of great global public health concern. COVID-19 is a respiratory disease produced by the coronavirus family. The World Health Organization declared the disease a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Podiatrists are in a peculiar situation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic: that of a health professional aspect and the singularity that most of them practise as self-employed workers. The aim of the study is to evaluate in a group of podiatrists, working at a national level, their knowledge, perception and degree of anxiety related to the COVID-19 pandemic via the use of a questionnaire specifically developed to this end in the initial phase of the pandemic. We employed a transversal descriptive study with 302 participants, with a purposive sampling technique. The degree of perception and knowledge of the podiatrists about COVID-19 was analysed as well as the cognitive impact of the situation of confinement. The results showed that the podiatrists perceive this situation as serious at the economic and health level, that they have a thorough knowledge of the disease and that they are in a moderate to severe percentile of anxiety. Additionally, 76.2% cancelled their usual work. The COVID-19 pandemic is negatively perceived by this group of podiatrists at the personal, professional, health and economic level, with even a state of anxiety being produced.
PB MDPI
YR 2020
FD 2020-10-26
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3348
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3348
LA en
NO Vilar-Palomo S, Pabón-Carrasco M, Gonzalez-Elena ML, Ramírez-Baena L, Rodríguez-Gallego I, Castro-Méndez A. Assessment of the Anxiety Level of Andalusian Podiatrists during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Increase Phase. Healthcare (Basel). 2020 Oct 26;8(4):432.
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RD Apr 8, 2025