Celikkalp, UlfiyeIrmak, Aylin YalicinEkuklu, Galip2024-06-122024-06-1220211051-98151875-9270https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-210643https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/20796BACKGROUND: This study aims to evaluate the anxiety levels of employees by determining the working conditions and protective practices in the workplace of individuals who had to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: The cross-sectional study was carried out with 801 employees from different sectors who continued to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. RESULTS: The mean age of the employees was 33.1 +/- 10.3 years, and 63.4% were male while 46.1% were workers. The GAD-7 anxiety level mean score of the participants was determined as 6.6 +/- 5.1. Per this, 25.2% of the participants showed a high tendency to anxiety and 38.5% showed a moderate tendency. A statistically significant difference was found between anxiety level and gender, sector and profession. Besides, there was a statistically significant difference between the perception of workplace risk, the way of transportation to the workplace, the social distance in the workplace, measures taken for COVID-19 in the workplace, and anxiety levels (p < 0.05). In the multiple regression analysis, age, gender, work sector, COVID-19 anxiety levels, infection status, knowledge level and life satisfaction levels were determined as effective predictors on common anxiety disorder and explained 23.2% of the developed model variance (R-2 = 0.232, p <= 0.001). CONCLUSION: During the pandemic, it was determined that the anxiety susceptibility levels of the employees were very high and their protective practices against COVID-19 in the workplace were insufficient.en10.3233/WOR-210643info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessEmployeesOutbreakTurkeyCOVID-19Mental-HealthDisordersOutbreakPrevalenceBurnoutArticle70410471055Q4WOS:0007345054000062-s2.0-8512212845634842219Q2