Cargando…
The Correlation between Nurses’ COVID-19 Infections and Their Emotional State and Work Conditions during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has significantly influenced the functioning of Polish hospitals, and thus, the working conditions of nurses. Research on the presence of specific negative emotions in nurses may help identify deficits in the future, as well as directing preventiv...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
MDPI
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8657256/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34886440 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312715 |
_version_ | 1784612470063628288 |
---|---|
author | Malinowska-Lipień, Iwona Suder, Magdalena Wadas, Tadeusz Gabryś, Teresa Kózka, Maria Gniadek, Agnieszka Brzostek, Tomasz |
author_facet | Malinowska-Lipień, Iwona Suder, Magdalena Wadas, Tadeusz Gabryś, Teresa Kózka, Maria Gniadek, Agnieszka Brzostek, Tomasz |
author_sort | Malinowska-Lipień, Iwona |
collection | PubMed |
description | The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has significantly influenced the functioning of Polish hospitals, and thus, the working conditions of nurses. Research on the presence of specific negative emotions in nurses may help identify deficits in the future, as well as directing preventive actions. The present research was performed among nurses (n = 158) working in Polish healthcare facilities during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, where Group A (n = 79) consisted of nurses diagnosed with COVID-19, and Group B (n = 79) nurses who have never been infected with COVID-19. To perform the research, the Courtauld Emotional Control Scale (CECS), Trait Anxiety Scale (Polish: SL-C) and the authors’ survey questionnaire were used. A positive test result was generally determined more often among nurses who indicated a noninfectious ward as their main workplace, compared to nurses employed in infectious wards (64.55% positive vs 33.45% negative). Over a half of the subjects identified moderate levels of emotion suppression as the method to regulate strong emotions, while one-quarter cited high levels of suppression. Anxiety was suppressed at high and moderate levels by 97% of the subjects, depression by 86.71%, and anger by 79.48%. Infection with COVID-19 results in a higher level of anxiety and depression, as well as a feeling of increased work load. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-8657256 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2021 |
publisher | MDPI |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-86572562021-12-10 The Correlation between Nurses’ COVID-19 Infections and Their Emotional State and Work Conditions during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Malinowska-Lipień, Iwona Suder, Magdalena Wadas, Tadeusz Gabryś, Teresa Kózka, Maria Gniadek, Agnieszka Brzostek, Tomasz Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has significantly influenced the functioning of Polish hospitals, and thus, the working conditions of nurses. Research on the presence of specific negative emotions in nurses may help identify deficits in the future, as well as directing preventive actions. The present research was performed among nurses (n = 158) working in Polish healthcare facilities during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, where Group A (n = 79) consisted of nurses diagnosed with COVID-19, and Group B (n = 79) nurses who have never been infected with COVID-19. To perform the research, the Courtauld Emotional Control Scale (CECS), Trait Anxiety Scale (Polish: SL-C) and the authors’ survey questionnaire were used. A positive test result was generally determined more often among nurses who indicated a noninfectious ward as their main workplace, compared to nurses employed in infectious wards (64.55% positive vs 33.45% negative). Over a half of the subjects identified moderate levels of emotion suppression as the method to regulate strong emotions, while one-quarter cited high levels of suppression. Anxiety was suppressed at high and moderate levels by 97% of the subjects, depression by 86.71%, and anger by 79.48%. Infection with COVID-19 results in a higher level of anxiety and depression, as well as a feeling of increased work load. MDPI 2021-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8657256/ /pubmed/34886440 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312715 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Malinowska-Lipień, Iwona Suder, Magdalena Wadas, Tadeusz Gabryś, Teresa Kózka, Maria Gniadek, Agnieszka Brzostek, Tomasz The Correlation between Nurses’ COVID-19 Infections and Their Emotional State and Work Conditions during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic |
title | The Correlation between Nurses’ COVID-19 Infections and Their Emotional State and Work Conditions during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic |
title_full | The Correlation between Nurses’ COVID-19 Infections and Their Emotional State and Work Conditions during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | The Correlation between Nurses’ COVID-19 Infections and Their Emotional State and Work Conditions during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | The Correlation between Nurses’ COVID-19 Infections and Their Emotional State and Work Conditions during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic |
title_short | The Correlation between Nurses’ COVID-19 Infections and Their Emotional State and Work Conditions during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic |
title_sort | correlation between nurses’ covid-19 infections and their emotional state and work conditions during the sars-cov-2 pandemic |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8657256/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34886440 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312715 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT malinowskalipieniwona thecorrelationbetweennursescovid19infectionsandtheiremotionalstateandworkconditionsduringthesarscov2pandemic AT sudermagdalena thecorrelationbetweennursescovid19infectionsandtheiremotionalstateandworkconditionsduringthesarscov2pandemic AT wadastadeusz thecorrelationbetweennursescovid19infectionsandtheiremotionalstateandworkconditionsduringthesarscov2pandemic AT gabrysteresa thecorrelationbetweennursescovid19infectionsandtheiremotionalstateandworkconditionsduringthesarscov2pandemic AT kozkamaria thecorrelationbetweennursescovid19infectionsandtheiremotionalstateandworkconditionsduringthesarscov2pandemic AT gniadekagnieszka thecorrelationbetweennursescovid19infectionsandtheiremotionalstateandworkconditionsduringthesarscov2pandemic AT brzostektomasz thecorrelationbetweennursescovid19infectionsandtheiremotionalstateandworkconditionsduringthesarscov2pandemic AT malinowskalipieniwona correlationbetweennursescovid19infectionsandtheiremotionalstateandworkconditionsduringthesarscov2pandemic AT sudermagdalena correlationbetweennursescovid19infectionsandtheiremotionalstateandworkconditionsduringthesarscov2pandemic AT wadastadeusz correlationbetweennursescovid19infectionsandtheiremotionalstateandworkconditionsduringthesarscov2pandemic AT gabrysteresa correlationbetweennursescovid19infectionsandtheiremotionalstateandworkconditionsduringthesarscov2pandemic AT kozkamaria correlationbetweennursescovid19infectionsandtheiremotionalstateandworkconditionsduringthesarscov2pandemic AT gniadekagnieszka correlationbetweennursescovid19infectionsandtheiremotionalstateandworkconditionsduringthesarscov2pandemic AT brzostektomasz correlationbetweennursescovid19infectionsandtheiremotionalstateandworkconditionsduringthesarscov2pandemic |