COVID-19-related self-stigma, post-traumatic stress disorder, insomnia, and smartphone addiction among frontline government workers with COVID-19 pandemic control duties

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Huang, P-C, Hung, C-H, Chen, G-W, Cashin, C, Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, Yang, W-C, Wang, H-W, Lin, C-Y and Ko, N-Y, 2022. COVID-19-related self-stigma, post-traumatic stress disorder, insomnia, and smartphone addiction among frontline government workers with COVID-19 pandemic control duties. Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 15, pp. 3069-3080.

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Abstract

Purpose: The duties related to COVID-19 control and prevention may have caused psychological stress for the individuals in charge (eg, frontline government workers) and have reportedly led to mental health issues, such as insomnia and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, the prevalence of these COVID-19-related disorders and their associated factors remain unclear. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the prevalence rates of insomnia, PTSD, COVID-19-related self-stigma, and smartphone addiction, along with the identification of risk factors and protective factors for Taiwan frontline government workers with COVID-19 pandemic control duties.

Methods: The survey was carried out with 151 participants between September and October 2021. All participants completed the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (assessing fear of COVID-19), Self-Stigma Scale (assessing self-stigma during the COVID-19 pandemic), Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (assessing the risk of smartphone addiction), Insomnia Severity Index (assessing insomnia), Impacts of Event Scale-6 (assessing PTSD), and a self-designed set of questions assessing trait resilience.

Results: The results showed that the prevalence rate was 31.1% for insomnia and 33.8% for PTSD. Furthermore, service duration (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.93; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.86, 0.999) and trait resilience (AOR = 0.19; 95% CI = 0.08, 0.46) were protective factors and fear of COVID-19 (AOR = 1.91; 95% CI = 1.02, 3.57) was a risk factor for insomnia. Fear of COVID-19 (AOR = 2.63; 95% CI = 1.35, 5.14), self-stigma (AOR = 3.62; 95% CI = 1.19, 11.02), and smartphone addiction (AOR = 1.09, 95% CI = 1.001, 1.19) were risk factors, and trait resilience was a protective factor (AOR = 0.58; 95% CI = 0.29, 1.17) for PTSD.

Conclusion: The findings demonstrated a high prevalence of insomnia and PTSD. Risk-reducing strategies and protective factor promotion strategies are recommended to help reduce the symptoms of insomnia and PTSD among Taiwan frontline government workers.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Psychology Research and Behavior Management
Creators:	Huang, P.-C., Hung, C.-H., Chen, G.-W., Cashin, C., Griffiths, M.D., Yang, W.-C., Wang, H.-W., Lin, C.-Y. and Ko, N.-Y.
Publisher:	Informa UK Limited
Date:	18 October 2022
Volume:	15
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.2147/prbm.s383842 DOI 1610413 Other
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Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	18 Oct 2022 13:45
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 13:45
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/47268