Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences Hospital Practices and Research 2476-390X 7 4 2022 12 13 An Investigation of the COVID-19-Related Anxiety Levels of Individuals According to Some Demographic Variables 149 156 160599 10.34172/hpr.2022.29 EN Kamuran Cerit Department of Nursing Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey 0000-0002-1234-4025 Journal Article 2022 08 26 <strong>Background:</strong> Pandemics such as COVID-19 create heightened fear and anxiety, causing deterioration in the behaviours, social and psychological well-being of people. It can be thought that the anxiety levels of healthcare workers will increase more because they have a higher risk of contamination, work under COVID-19 isolation-measures and heavy workload.<br /><strong>Objectives:</strong> The aim of this study is to determine the COVID-19-related anxiety levels of individuals, the ways of coping with, the demographic factors affecting anxiety, and whether the anxiety level of healthcare workers is different from others.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> This study was carried out with data obtained from 1017 participants via google forms between May-July 2020. In the collection of data, the 12-item COVID-19-related anxiety scale, which was developed by researcher and analysed for validity and reliability; 13 items for ways of coping; some demographic questions were used. The COVID-19-related anxiety scale consisted of three dimensions: “cognitive”, “physiological and emotional”, “behavioural”, which explained 71% of the variance. The Cronbach alpha of scale was 0.85.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> The COVID-19-related anxiety levels of participants were slightly above the moderate level (2.83±0.72). The anxiety levels of healthcare workers were not different from others. There was a difference in anxiety levels according to demographic characteristics of participants, such as age, gender, living in Turkey or abroad, working status/type, and smoking addiction. Cognitive coping, social support, distraction, relaxation techniques were identified as ways of coping with anxiety.<br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> COVID-19 pandemic created anxiety in people. More studies need to understand the long-term effects of the pandemic. https://www.jhpr.ir/article_160599_690e7e9ccf98d91e245b40ba03e9472b.pdf