Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
ISARC 2. INTERNATIONAL GOBEKLITEPE SCIENTIFIC STUDIES CONGRESS, Şanlıurfa, Türkiye, 20 - 22 Mart 2021, ss.272-277
Aim: It was aimed to evaluate the Covid 19 fear level alterations of the personnel working in
Akdeniz University Radiation Oncology Department during the pandemic.
Introduction: The number of Covid 19 cases has raised and the first peak period of the
pandemic occurred in April 2020. Although the pace of the pandemic decreased during
summer, the number of cases increased again and the second peak period of the pandemic was
observed in the September-October 2020. Toslow down or even stop the pandemic, various
vaccination studies have recently started to yield results. Due to its rapid transmission and
mortality rates, Covid 19 disease has caused worldwide fear and decrease in work efficiency.
Method: Current study,examined the change in fear levels by questioning four different time
periods. These were; when the first Covid 19 case was detected in our country, in the first
and second peak of the pandemic and eventually when the vaccinaton studies has started. The
study included totally 27 personnel with 6 doctors, 2 nurses, 3 physicians, 3 secretaries and 13
technicians working in the Radiation Oncology Department. Likert-scale survey questions
about the Covid 19 fear level were asked to participants. The survey was conducted face-toface
to all participants simultaneously. Same questionnaire was applied separately for four
different time periods. The average total scale value of the surveys was calculated for each
period and the SPSS 23.0 program used for statistical analysis.
Repeated measures analysis of variance was used to compare the change in mean scale value
between periods, and a p value of 0.05 or less was considered statistically significant.
Results: The average fear values were 2.47 for the period in which the first case is detected in
our country, 2.76 for the first peak period, 2.65 for the second peak period and 2.3 for the
period which vaccine studies were started. A statistically significant difference was found between the first and second peak periods of
the Covid 19 pandemic and the period when the vaccine was found(p=0). It was detected that
the level of fear decreased with the discovery of the vaccine (p=0.024).Also increase in work
efficiency was observed.
Keywords: Covid19 pandemic; fear level;Radiation Oncology Department