Turan, OnurDemirci, Nilgun YilmazAk, GuntuluAkcay, SuleAkturk, Ulku AkaBilaceroglu, SemraCoskun, Funda2025-01-272025-01-2720221680-69051729-0503https://doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v22i1.62https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/25897Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19), which causes a pandemic in the world, has started to appear in turkey since march 2020. Healthcare workers are at the top of the groups most at risk for covid-19 infection, which can have a negative impact Methods: this cross-sectional study performed via an online survey in april 2020. Participants answered questions about sociodemographic features, personal views and experiences about covid-19 and the hospital anxiety and depression scale (hads). Results: A total of 300 healthcare workers,193 men and 107 women, participated in the survey. According to hads, 44.6% of participants scored above anxiety and 68.2% scored above depression cut-off points. Being younger than 50 and taking care of covid-19 patients in hospitals were independently associated with anxiety risk. Female gender, young age (less than 50) and having Conclusion: Healthcare workers were at high risk of anxiety and depression during covid-19 outbreak. For this reason, psychoeninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessHealthcare workersanxietydepressioncovid-19Article22153254010.4314/ahs.v22i1.62Q4WOS:0007962210000622-s2.0-8513004385236032473Q2