Assessment of COVID-19 trauma responses. Who has been more traumatized during the pandemic?

To evaluate the effect of cognitive and sociodemographic characteristics of healthcare and non-healthcare workers on their traumatic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected using an online survey between August-September 2020. The survey included the following scales: Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI), and Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R). Traumatic responses were categorized into three types: avoidance (IES-R_A), intrusion (IES-R_I), and hyperarousal (IES-R_H). The study included a total of 672 participants, comprised of 399 (59.4%) men, and 273 (40.6%) women with a mean age of 39.25±933 years. The results indicated that women had higher IES-R_I (r=.5.78, p