COVID-19-Related anxiety in nurses working on front lines in Turkey
Nursing and Midwifery Studies, cilt.9, sa.3, ss.178-181, 2020 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2020
- Doi Numarası: 10.4103/nms.nms_40_20
- Dergi Adı: Nursing and Midwifery Studies
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.178-181
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Anxiety, COVID-19, Health care, Nurse
- Kırklareli Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Background: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic constituted serious impacts globally. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the pandemic related anxiety in nurses working in a university hospital in Turkey. Methods: A questionnaire-based study was conducted to include 123 nurses working in the wards and intensive care units (ICUs). Data concerning age, gender, marital status, having a child, duration of employment, workplace, and state anxiety score were collected for every participant. Turkish version of Spielberg's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Form TX-1) was applied to calculate the anxiety scores. Independent samples t- test and Chi-squared test were used for the statistical analysis. Results: Fifty-seven (46.3%) nurses demonstrated an elevated level of anxiety. COVID-19-related anxiety was closely associated with advancing age and years of experience, having a child and working in the wards rather than ICUs (P < 0.05). However, gender and marital status did not affect significantly on the development of higher anxiety (P > 0.05). Conclusions: Alleviation of worries of health-care providers is crucial in addition to the prevention of self-contamination to provide the continuation of medical services.