Medical Women’s Mental Health Factors During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The article is devoted to the study of the fear level of death in young nurses and senior students of medical school, and the role of tolerance to uncertainty in the development of fear of death.
A study of 150 respondents was carried out: 73 people are nurses and paramedics, 72 are medical school students, senior courses. Students underwent practical training in hospitals, but were not directly involved in work with patients with COVID-19. The following methods were chosen: & quot; Fear of Death Scale & quot; by J. Boyar, Templer’s Death Anxiety Scale, method & quot; Inclination to suicidal behavior" by T. N. Razuvaev. also the questionnaire & quot; the Multiple Stimulus Types Ambiguity Tolerance Scale-II (MSTAT-II) by McLain in the adaptation of Osin. Women physicians who work directly in hospitals have a higher level of fear of death, but lower suicidal risks than students of medical specialties. Intolerance to uncertainty enhances individual manifestations of fear of death and suicidal risk.

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