Comparison of healthcare professionals' health anxiety, psychological wellness, psychological resilience and hope levels with non-healthcare adults during the covid-19 episode period

The purpose of this research is to compare the health anxiety, psychological well being, psychological resilience and hopelessness levels of healthcare workers, and the health anxiety, psychological well-being, psychological resilience andhopelessness levels of non healthworkers.The research includes healthcare Professionals and non-healthcare professionals aged 18-65 in Turkey. Data were collected online. The online survey application was carried out with Google Forms. Within the scope of the research, 160 people were reached. Questionnaire form was used to collect data. The questionnairec onsists of a questionnaire for socio-demographic characteristics, Health Anxiety Inventory, General Health Questionnaire 12, Adult Resilience Scale and Beck Hopelessness Scale. Data analysis of there search was done in SPSS 21 package program.As a result of theresearch, it was determined that health anxietylevels of health workers were higher than adults who were not health workers, but the difference between the groups was not significant. It was observed that the level of resilience related to social resources, one of thesub-dimensions of psychological resilience, of non-healthcare workers was significantly higher than that of healthworkers. On the other hand, it was determined that the psychological resilience level of non-health workers was higher than that of health workers in general, but the difference between the groups was not significant. It was determined that the hopelessness levels of health workers were higher than adults who were not health workers, but the difference between the groups was not significant. It was determined that the general health status of the healthworkers was better than the other participants, but the difference between the groupswas not significant.