2.2. Measurement Tools
Sociodemographic Data Form: The present study includes a data form prepared by the researchers in such a way as to contain age, gender, marital status, and other sociodemographic and clinical characteristics associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
SAVE-9 (the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics) Scale:Developed by Chung et al. in Korea to measure anxiety and stress of healthcare workers, the scale consists of 9 questions and 2 sub-dimensions. Six questions in the scale aim to assess anxiety about the viral epidemic, while 3 questions measure the work-related stress associated with the viral epidemic. The responses given to the questions in the scale were stated as: “never, rarely, sometimes, often, always”, and scoring was done as 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, respectively. A total value of ≥ 22 for 9 questions and/or a score of ≥ 15 for 6 questions measuring the anxiety about the viral epidemic were considered significant.6