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Validation of the healthcare workers’ version of the Pandemic Grief Scale among frontline nursing professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea

INTRODUCTION: Nurses have been repeatedly exposed to unexpected death and grief during COVID-19 pandemic, and it is necessary to provide grief support for the nurses who have experienced the loss of patients to COVID-19. We aimed to explore the reliability and validity of the Pandemic Grief Scale (P...

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Autores principales: Kim, Jeong Hye, Park, C. Hyung Keun, Ahmed, Oli, Hong, Youjin, Chung, Seockhoon, Park, Jangho, Lee, Sherman A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10098354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37065896
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1121546
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author Kim, Jeong Hye
Park, C. Hyung Keun
Ahmed, Oli
Hong, Youjin
Chung, Seockhoon
Park, Jangho
Lee, Sherman A.
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Park, C. Hyung Keun
Ahmed, Oli
Hong, Youjin
Chung, Seockhoon
Park, Jangho
Lee, Sherman A.
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description INTRODUCTION: Nurses have been repeatedly exposed to unexpected death and grief during COVID-19 pandemic, and it is necessary to provide grief support for the nurses who have experienced the loss of patients to COVID-19. We aimed to explore the reliability and validity of the Pandemic Grief Scale (PGS) for Healthcare Workers among frontline nursing professionals working in COVID-19 inpatient wards whose patients may have died. METHODS: An anonymous online survey was performed among frontline nursing professionals working in COVID-19 wards in three tertiary-level general hospitals in Korea between April 7 and 26, 2021. In total, 229 from participants who confirmed they had witnessed death of patients were employed for the statistical analysis. The survey included demographic characteristics and rating scales, including the Korean version of the PGS for Healthcare Workers, the Fear of COVID-19 scale, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 items, and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 items. RESULTS: The single-factor structure of the Korean version of the PGS for Healthcare Workers showed good fits for the model. The scale had good internal consistency and convergent validity with other anxiety and depression scales. CONCLUSION: The Korean version of the PGS of Healthcare Workers was valid and reliable for measuring grief reactions among nursing professionals facing the pandemic. It will be helpful in evaluating the grief reaction of the healthcare workers and providing them with a psychological support system.
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spelling pubmed-100983542023-04-14 Validation of the healthcare workers’ version of the Pandemic Grief Scale among frontline nursing professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea Kim, Jeong Hye Park, C. Hyung Keun Ahmed, Oli Hong, Youjin Chung, Seockhoon Park, Jangho Lee, Sherman A. Front Psychiatry Psychiatry INTRODUCTION: Nurses have been repeatedly exposed to unexpected death and grief during COVID-19 pandemic, and it is necessary to provide grief support for the nurses who have experienced the loss of patients to COVID-19. We aimed to explore the reliability and validity of the Pandemic Grief Scale (PGS) for Healthcare Workers among frontline nursing professionals working in COVID-19 inpatient wards whose patients may have died. METHODS: An anonymous online survey was performed among frontline nursing professionals working in COVID-19 wards in three tertiary-level general hospitals in Korea between April 7 and 26, 2021. In total, 229 from participants who confirmed they had witnessed death of patients were employed for the statistical analysis. The survey included demographic characteristics and rating scales, including the Korean version of the PGS for Healthcare Workers, the Fear of COVID-19 scale, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 items, and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 items. RESULTS: The single-factor structure of the Korean version of the PGS for Healthcare Workers showed good fits for the model. The scale had good internal consistency and convergent validity with other anxiety and depression scales. CONCLUSION: The Korean version of the PGS of Healthcare Workers was valid and reliable for measuring grief reactions among nursing professionals facing the pandemic. It will be helpful in evaluating the grief reaction of the healthcare workers and providing them with a psychological support system. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10098354/ /pubmed/37065896 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1121546 Text en Copyright © 2023 Kim, Park, Ahmed, Hong, Chung, Park and Lee. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Psychiatry
Kim, Jeong Hye
Park, C. Hyung Keun
Ahmed, Oli
Hong, Youjin
Chung, Seockhoon
Park, Jangho
Lee, Sherman A.
Validation of the healthcare workers’ version of the Pandemic Grief Scale among frontline nursing professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea
title Validation of the healthcare workers’ version of the Pandemic Grief Scale among frontline nursing professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea
title_full Validation of the healthcare workers’ version of the Pandemic Grief Scale among frontline nursing professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea
title_fullStr Validation of the healthcare workers’ version of the Pandemic Grief Scale among frontline nursing professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea
title_full_unstemmed Validation of the healthcare workers’ version of the Pandemic Grief Scale among frontline nursing professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea
title_short Validation of the healthcare workers’ version of the Pandemic Grief Scale among frontline nursing professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea
title_sort validation of the healthcare workers’ version of the pandemic grief scale among frontline nursing professionals during the covid-19 pandemic in korea
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10098354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37065896
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1121546
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