Home⇛LPU-St. Cabrini Journal of Allied Medicine⇛vol. 5 no. 3 (2023)

Level of Stress and the Coping Mechanisms of Radiologic technologist During Pandemic in Selected Hospitals in Laguna

Lan Jaryll Banalan | Jorgina Chloe Palos | Lester Piano | Mariah Nicole Quintos

Discipline: health sciences (non-specific)

 

Abstract:

COVID-19 threatens worldwide public health. Since the World Health Organization classified COVID-19 a pandemic, health care systems have had to defer less urgent treatment. The imaging department has played an important role in screening and diagnosing COfVID -19. Radiologic Technologists who scan infected patients are high-risk medical workers and radiology department must protect Radiologic Technologists from cross-infection. In this study, researchers aimed to measure stress level as well as the coping mechanisms of Radiologic Technologist in selected hospitals in Laguna, by means of gathering data from the Radiologic Technologists. Descriptive-correlational design was utilized in the study to measure the stress level, and coping mechanism of the Radiologic Technologists. Using the G-Power Software, a total of 90 Radiologic Technologists from the selected private hospitals in Laguna are the respondents of the study. A self-made questionnaire was used as the data collection tool. The results showed that majority of the respondents were aged 20 -24 years old, male, handled Diagnostic Radiology (X-rays) and CT scan, and have 5-6 days of duty. Almost all of the respondents have 5-8 hours of duty per day and a monthly income of Php 10,001- Php 15,000. Moreover, the results showed that the stress level of the Radiologic Technologists increased significantly during this COVID-19 pandemic due to burnouts, anxiety, and fear of being contaminated. To endure this stress, they have come up with different coping mechanisms in the likes of social support, religious beliefs, distraction activities, and following the guidelines to COVID-19 prevention.



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