Perception of a threat to personal security medical professionals in the context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The article presents the results of an empirical study of the perception of personal safety threats by medical profes- sionals: doctors and nurses. Respondents were medical staff, conditionally divided into two groups: 1) medics in preparation for entering the high-risk zone; 2) medics working in high-risk areas. The resulting text data was processed by IBM Watson Studio (Version 1.1.0–177). Cluster analysis was carried out using the K-Means model. It is shown that the sources of health workers’ fears are determined by the area of actual workspace: preparation for entry to the high-risk zone or working in direct contact with patients infected with COVID-19.

Authors: Tsaranov K. N. [10] Tarbastaev A. G. [9] Zhiltsov V. A. [1] Klimova E. M. [3]

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