Post-traumatic Stress and Related Factors Among Hospital Nurses during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Korea

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COVID-19 is an ongoing worldwide infectious disease pandemic. The purpose of this study was to investigate post-traumatic stress and related factors among hospital nurses during the COVID-19 outbreak. The subjects of this study were 300 nurses who worked in three general hospitals that operated National Designated Isolation Unit (NDIU) wards during the COVID-19 outbreak. Self-reporting questionnaires were used to collect data on post-traumatic stress, general characteristics, and work-related information. The average post-traumatic stress score was 20.68 ± 19.5 points and 36.7% of participants were at high risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The odds ratio (OR) for PTSD was higher for nurses who worked in the NDIU ward (OR = 16.31, 95% CI = 3.79-70.32), who responded that nurse staffing was poor (OR = 3.03, 95% CI = 1.01-9.10), and who responded that they experienced COVID-19 symptoms (OR = 3.83, 95% CI = 1.89-7.75). Total 36.7% of nurses were at risk of PTSD and the factors related to PTSD were the work department, nurse staffing, and experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. These results could be used to manage PTSD and provide psychological support of nurses during infectious disease epidemics, such as COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:92

Enthalten in:

The Psychiatric quarterly - 92(2021), 4 vom: 31. Dez., Seite 1381-1391

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Moon, Da-Jeong [VerfasserIn]
Han, Mi Ah [VerfasserIn]
Park, Jong [VerfasserIn]
Ryu, So Yeon [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Disease outbreaks
Journal Article
Nurses
Post-traumatic stress disorders

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Date Completed 28.10.2021

Date Revised 18.02.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11126-021-09915-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323437737