Nurses’ mental health status, work motivation levels and related factors during the pandemic period

Year 2022, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 211 - 220, 31.12.2022

Ali Kaplan

https://doi.org/10.30569/adiyamansaglik.1111315

Abstract

Aim: This study is aimed to examine the mental health status, work motivation levels and related factors of nurses who care for COVID-19 patients during the pandemic period.

Materials and Methods: This study was planned as a descriptive cross-sectional study. Data were collected at a university hospital between October 2021 and January 2022. Personal Information Form developed by the researchers based on the literature, General Health Questionnaire-28, and Nurse Job Motivation Scale were used to collect the data.

Results: More than half of the nurses (56.1%) were in the risk group in terms of mental health. There is a negative significant relationship between the work motivation levels of nurses and their mental health status. In addition, it has been determined that the number of patients affecting the workload of nurses during the pandemic process is related to the mental states and motivations of the nurses.

Conclusion: Strategies should be developed to increase nurses’ motivation and to improve their mental health in health institutions that care for COVID-19 cases.

Keywords

COVID-19, Nursing, Motivation, Pandemic, Mental health

Pandemi döneminde hemşirelerin ruh sağlığı durumları, iş motivasyon düzeyleri ve ilişkili faktörler

Abstract

Amaç: Pandemi döneminde COVİD-19 hastalarına bakım veren hemşirelerin ruh sağlığı durumlarını, iş motivasyon düzeylerini ve ilişkili faktörleri incelemek amaçlanmıştır.

Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu çalışma, tanımlayıcı türde kesitsel bir araştırma olarak planlanmıştır. Veriler Ekim 2021 ile Ocak 2022 arasında bir üniversite hastanesinde toplandı. Verilerin toplanmasında araştırmacılar tarafından literatüre dayalı olarak geliştirilen Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Genel Sağlık Anketi–28 ve Hemşire İş Motivasyon Ölçeği kullanılmıştır.

Bulgular: Hemşirelerin yarısından fazlası (%56,1) ruh sağlığı açısından riskli gruptadır. Hemşirelerin iş motivasyon düzeyi ile ruh sağlığı durumları arasında negatif yönlü anlamlı bir ilişki vardır. Ayrıca pandemi sürecinde hemşirelerin iş yükünü etkileyen hasta sayısının hemşirelerin ruhsal durumları ve motivasyonları ile ilişkili olduğu belirlenmiştir.

Sonuç: COVİD-19 vakalarına bakım veren sağlık kurumlarında hemşirelerin motivasyonunu artıracak ve ruh sağlığı durumlarını iyileştirecek stratejiler geliştirilmelidir.

Keywords

COVİD-19, Hemşirelik, Motivasyon, Pandemi, Ruh sağlığı

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