Factors associated with nurses emotional distress during the COVID-19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: Nurses are among the frontline healthcare workers directly impacted by the burden of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of emotional distress and the associated factors among nurses practicing in South Dakota during the COVID-1...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8463109/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34814998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2021.151502 |
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author | Da Rosa, Patricia Brown, Robin Pravecek, Brandi Carotta, Christin Garcia, Aileen S. Carson, Paula Callies, Dannica Vukovich, Matthew |
author_facet | Da Rosa, Patricia Brown, Robin Pravecek, Brandi Carotta, Christin Garcia, Aileen S. Carson, Paula Callies, Dannica Vukovich, Matthew |
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description | BACKGROUND: Nurses are among the frontline healthcare workers directly impacted by the burden of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of emotional distress and the associated factors among nurses practicing in South Dakota during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: An online survey was conducted among practicing, licensed nurses in South Dakota during the pandemic (July 2020 – August 2020). Emotional distress was measured using the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21). Logistic regression models were performed to examine the association of emotional distress and the three DASS-21 subscales with: sociodemographic and work environment factors (e.g., work setting, job satisfaction, number of COVID-19 cases seen at the facility, preparedness, concerns with worsening pre-exiting mental health conditions due to the pandemic, and contracting the illness). RESULTS: Among 1505 participants, overall emotional distress was reported by 22.2%, while anxiety, depression and stress were 15.8%, 14.5% and 11.9%, respectively. Factors associated with moderate to severe emotional distress, depression, anxiety, and stress were as follows: concerns for worsening of pre-existing mental health conditions, job dissatisfaction, encountering higher number of COVID-19 cases at one's work facility, feeling unprepared for the pandemic, and concern for contracting the illness (all p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Our study suggests a high prevalence of emotional distress among nurses and highlights the factors associated with emotional distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Promoting appropriate support is imperative to reduce nurses' emotional distress and promote psychological well-being during the COVID-19 world health crisis and in future pandemics. |
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spelling | pubmed-84631092021-09-27 Factors associated with nurses emotional distress during the COVID-19 pandemic Da Rosa, Patricia Brown, Robin Pravecek, Brandi Carotta, Christin Garcia, Aileen S. Carson, Paula Callies, Dannica Vukovich, Matthew Appl Nurs Res Article BACKGROUND: Nurses are among the frontline healthcare workers directly impacted by the burden of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of emotional distress and the associated factors among nurses practicing in South Dakota during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: An online survey was conducted among practicing, licensed nurses in South Dakota during the pandemic (July 2020 – August 2020). Emotional distress was measured using the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21). Logistic regression models were performed to examine the association of emotional distress and the three DASS-21 subscales with: sociodemographic and work environment factors (e.g., work setting, job satisfaction, number of COVID-19 cases seen at the facility, preparedness, concerns with worsening pre-exiting mental health conditions due to the pandemic, and contracting the illness). RESULTS: Among 1505 participants, overall emotional distress was reported by 22.2%, while anxiety, depression and stress were 15.8%, 14.5% and 11.9%, respectively. Factors associated with moderate to severe emotional distress, depression, anxiety, and stress were as follows: concerns for worsening of pre-existing mental health conditions, job dissatisfaction, encountering higher number of COVID-19 cases at one's work facility, feeling unprepared for the pandemic, and concern for contracting the illness (all p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Our study suggests a high prevalence of emotional distress among nurses and highlights the factors associated with emotional distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Promoting appropriate support is imperative to reduce nurses' emotional distress and promote psychological well-being during the COVID-19 world health crisis and in future pandemics. Elsevier Inc. 2021-12 2021-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8463109/ /pubmed/34814998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2021.151502 Text en © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Article Da Rosa, Patricia Brown, Robin Pravecek, Brandi Carotta, Christin Garcia, Aileen S. Carson, Paula Callies, Dannica Vukovich, Matthew Factors associated with nurses emotional distress during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title | Factors associated with nurses emotional distress during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full | Factors associated with nurses emotional distress during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_fullStr | Factors associated with nurses emotional distress during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors associated with nurses emotional distress during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_short | Factors associated with nurses emotional distress during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_sort | factors associated with nurses emotional distress during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8463109/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34814998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2021.151502 |
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