Sources of Anxiety Among Health Care Workers in Tehran during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

By applying multivariate regression to 2020 survey data from four Tehran hospitals, we measure eight recognized sources of COVID-19 pandemic-related anxiety among 723 health care workers with diverse sociodemographic characteristics employed across different hospital areas and positions. The most prominent anxiety source identified is the risk of workplace COVID-19 contraction and transmission to family, followed by uncertainty about organizational support for personal and family needs in the event of worker infection. A supplemental qualitative analysis of 68 respondents in the largest hospital identifies four additional anxiety sources; namely, health, finances, workload, and leadership. This evidence of the multifaceted nature of anxiety sources among health care workers highlights the differentiated approaches that hospital policy makers must take to combat anxiety.