Introduction

The risk of experiencing psychiatric symptoms related to the COVID-19 pandemic is high among healthcare workers whose occupations are in public health, emergency medicine, and intensive or critical care.

Materials and methods

A cross-sectional study aimed to assess the prevalence of fear of COVID-19 among 411 frontline Egyptian physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic; identify determinants and predictors for fear of COVID-19; determine the impact of fear of COVID-19 on job satisfaction; and detect the impact of fear of COVID-19 on turnover intention. Three standardized scales (fear of COVID-19, job satisfaction, and turnover intention scores) were used for data collection via online Google Form.

Results

Regarding fear relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, 16.5% of the study subjects were classified as experiencing a severe fear level, while 78.1% experienced a moderate degree. A significant association between the level of fear relating to COVID-19 and the work department. The highest degree of fear is in a general-educational-university facility. Regarding job satisfaction, 42% of those having a severe level of fear are dissatisfied. Fear of COVID-19 is negatively associated with job satisfaction while positively significant correlated with turnover scores, a positive significant predictor of turnover intention. Job satisfaction is negatively associated with turnover intention; a negative significant predictor of turnover intention.

Conclusions

Frontline Egyptian physicians reported higher levels of fear relating to the COVID-19 pandemic (moderate to severe). Increased fear levels relating to COVID-19 have a relationship with lower levels of job satisfaction and higher levels of job turnover.

中文翻译：

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对 COVID-19 的恐惧及其对埃及医生工作满意度和离职意愿的影响

介绍

在从事公共卫生、急诊医学和重症监护或重症监护的医护人员中，出现与 COVID-19 大流行相关的精神症状的风险很高。

材料和方法

一项横断面研究，旨在评估在 COVID-19 大流行期间 411 名前线埃及医生对 COVID-19 的恐惧程度；确定害怕 COVID-19 的决定因素和预测因素；确定对 COVID-19 的恐惧对工作满意度的影响；并检测对 COVID-19 的恐惧对离职意向的影响。通过在线 Google 表格使用三个标准化量表（对 COVID-19 的恐惧、工作满意度和离职意向得分）进行数据收集。

结果

关于与 COVID-19 大流行相关的恐惧，16.5% 的研究对象被归类为经历严重恐惧程度，而 78.1% 经历了中度恐惧。与 COVID-19 相关的恐惧程度与工作部门之间存在显着关联。恐惧程度最高的是普通教育大学设施。关于工作满意度，42% 有严重恐惧的人表示不满意。对 COVID-19 的恐惧与工作满意度呈负相关，而与离职率得分呈正相关，离职率是离职意向的正显着预测因子。工作满意度与离职意向呈负相关；离职意向的显着负预测因子。

结论

前线埃及医生报告说，与 COVID-19 大流行（中度至重度）有关的恐惧程度更高。与 COVID-19 相关的恐惧程度增加与较低的工作满意度和较高的工作流失率有关。