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Our results showed that more than half of HCWs experienced moderately high levels of worry about the pandemic, with auxiliary staff being more worried than all other groups and nurses being more worried than medical staff.
It was predicted that a worry intervention would reduce levels of worry and paranoia distress.
And although the gains were substantial, participants still experienced high levels of worry and paranoia.
Some areas might be expected, like the higher than average levels of worry along the West Coast and New England.
Levels of worry, stress and pain stood at slightly higher levels in December 2010 than they did before the crisis.
Instead, rising levels of worry and stress were closely tied to stockmarket declines, and these emotions returned to more normal levels when the markets recovered.
Twenty-four individuals with persistent persecutory delusions and high levels of worry were randomly assigned to receive a four session cognitive-behavioural worry intervention (W-CBT) or treatment as usual (TAU).
Other groups that reported high levels of worry included younger survivors - who, the study authors said, "likely have fewer peers with serious illness and find cancer more stressful" - and patients who had persistent pain and/or fatigue during their treatment.
Those with lower levels of worry and higher levels of anxiety and depression got worse scores in memory and other cognitive functions, said Stanford researcher Ruth O'Hara, PhD, senior author of the study.
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Anxious individuals often report concentration problems and high levels of worrying.
For instance, hemiplegia may be considered normal to a person suffering from familial hemiplegic migraine, but would cause high levels of worries if experienced by a healthy person.
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