Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Licensed Full-Time Practicing Nurses Undertaking Part-Time Studies in Higher Education : A Cross-Sectional Study

Frontline nurses face an unpreceded situation with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, and many report suffering from physical and psychological stress. This online, cross-sectional survey used questionnaires, such as the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) questionnaire, the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2), the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, stress-related questions, and Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (Brief-COPE), to determine the psychological impact of COVID-19 on licensed full-time practicing nurses undertaking part-time studies in higher education. Recruitment commenced from August to September 2020; 385 students were approached, and 124 completed the survey (response rate: 32%). Most of the respondents were frontline nurses working in public sectors (89.5%), 29% of whom reported symptoms of depression, and 61.3% reported mild to severe levels of anxiety. The GAD-7 was significantly associated with the resilience score (β = -0.188; p = 0.008) and exhaustion (β = 0.612; p < 0.001). The PHQ-2 was significantly associated with 'anxiety about infection' (β = 0.071; p = 0.048). A lower anxiety level was significantly associated with a higher resilience level and a lower level of exhaustion, and a lower depression level was significantly associated with a lower anxiety about infection. Nursing programs incorporating resilience building may mitigate psychological distress of the study population.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

International journal of environmental research and public health - 18(2021), 16 vom: 13. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chan, Siu-Ling [VerfasserIn]
Takemura, Naomi [VerfasserIn]
Chau, Pui-Hing [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Chia-Chin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Man-Ping [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Brief-COPE
CD-RISC-10
COVID-19 pandemic
GAD-7
Journal Article
Licensed full-time practicing nurses
Mindfulness
PHQ-2
Part-time studies in higher education
Resilience
Stress-related questions

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 06.09.2021

Date Revised 06.09.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijerph18168569

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM32987232X