The Role of Psychological Support for Medical Personnel towards Anxiety Control of Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) Patients Undergoing Self-Isolation at Home

Rizkie Woro Hastuti (Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Islam Sultan Agung, Semarang, Indonesia)
Elly Noerhidayati (Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Islam Sultan Agung, Semarang, Indonesia)
Warsiyah (Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Islam Sultan Agung, Semarang, Indonesia)

Scientia Psychiatrica
Vol. 3 No. 4 (2022): Scientia Psychiatrica

Introduction: This study aims to assess the role of psychological support for medical personnel for COVID-19 patients in controlling patient anxiety and the success rate of healing patients in self-isolation at home. Methods: This study is an analytic observational study with a cross-sectional design. A total of 30 research subjects participated in this study. This study focuses on knowing the anxiety of patients with confirmed COVID-19 as the dependent variable using the Zung-Self Anxiety Rating Scale (ZSAS) instrument with 25 valid anxiety questions using a Likert scale. Results: Characteristics of respondents based on gender showed that most of the adults were female (75%). Psychological support shows a role in improving the anxiety level of COVID-19 patients, where there is an improvement in the anxiety level of about 10% of COVID-19 patients. Conclusion: Psychological support provided by medical personnel plays a role in reducing the anxiety level of COVID-19 sufferers and survivors.