TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vughose,Adalbert Diadam
AU  - Azimli,Asil
TI  - FEAR OF COVID-19 PSYCOLOGICAL DISTRESS JOB  SATISFACTION AND TURNOVER INTENTION  AMONG FRONTLINE HEALTH WORKERS IN  CAMEROON
PY  - 2023///
KW  - COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
KW  - Dissertations, Academic
KW  - Cameroon
KW  - Medical personnel
KW  - Job satisfaction
KW  - Stress (Psychology)
N1  - Thesis (MSc) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Health Care Organization Management; Includes bibliography (sheets 41-45)
N2  - ABSTRACT
In the last two years, the new Corona virus pandemic (COVID-19) has ravaged the 
world, bringing the entire it to its knees. Everyone has been affected by this awful 
sickness, whether directly or indirectly. Health-care employees are at the forefront of 
the disease-fighting effort. Every day, they put their lives and the lives of their loved 
ones in danger as they try to manage infected and non-infected people. Because of the 
stressful settings in which they operate, these frontline healthcare personnel may 
acquire mental and psychological disorders as a result of their dread of dealing with 
this disease, which could damage their job output or even cause them to leave the field. 
Anxiety, insomnia, despair, and exhaustion are just a few of the usual adverse 
symptoms they encounter. The purpose of this research is to investigate how Fear of 
COVID-19 promotes psychological discomfort, its impact on job satisfaction, and the 
desire to leave among Cameroonian front line Health care workers. This is a crosssectional research design involving 260 frontline healthcare workers in the Cameroon 
conducted between April 20, 2021, and May 20, 2021. For data collection, an online 
survey comprised of 73 questions was sent to 385 participants via WhatsApp. 
Frequency, descriptive analysis, Correlation and regression analyses were done using 
SPSS version 23. The results showed that out of the 385 survey questionnaires 
distributed to the participants only 260 was properly answered giving a response rate 
of 67.5%. The overall composite score for fear of COVID-19 was found to be 28.28 
which is above the average. Job status and the attendance of COVID-19 training by 
the FLHCW was shown to be a source of fear. Higher levels of dread of COVID-19
were linked to increased psychological discomfort, lower job satisfaction, and higher 
levels of desire to resign in FLHCWs, according to regression analysis. The following 
are some of the consequences of the study's findings for Cameroon's health-care 
policymakers and leaders: providing measures and support systems to take care of 
health care mental health. Addressing the issue of fear of COVID-19 may result in 
improved job outcomes in frontline nurses, such as increased job satisfaction, 
decreased stress levels and lower intent to leave the organization and the profession. 
Providing adequate COVID-19 related training to medical staff, paying close attention 
to their needs will greatly affect enhance their work outputs hence leading to quality 
services.
Keywords: Cameroon, COVID-19, Frontline health workers Job Satisfaction 
Psychological Stress, Turn-over Intention
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