Determination of Mental Health Status of Nurses Caring for Patients With COVID-19

Abstract

Aim: The present study aims to determine the effects of COVID-19 on the psychological well-being of nurses caring for diagnosed or suspected cases of COVID-19. Material and Method: The population of the descriptive study consists of nurses (n: 149) working at theEge University Hospital COVID-19 Units who voluntarily agreed to participate in the study. Data were collected through Socio-demographic questionnaire form, Fear of Coronavirus Scale, and Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) from nurses who voluntarily agreed to participate in the study. Results: Nurses caring for patients with COVID-19; Gender, weekly working hours, previous psychiatric diagnosis history, being educated about COVID-19 and needing personal and professional help during the pandemic were found to be statistically significant with the somatization sub-dimension of BSI. It was seen that the nurses who lived with BSI were statistically significant with the depression sub-dimension. The state of being educated about COVID-19 and needing personal and professional help during the pandemic were found to be related to the anxiety and depression sub-dimensions of BSI. Among nurses caring for patients with COVID-19, gender, marital status, number of children, household members, household members over 65 years of age, receiving education about COVID-19, frequency of following the news about COVID-19, and need for personal and professional help during the pandemic were found to be statistically significantly correlated with the Fear of Coronavirus Scale. Conclusion: The study’s results exhibit consistency with the literature and demonstrate that nurses are psychologically affected during this pandemic. Repetitive studies are required in larger hospital patient groups to organize necessary interventions with the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Nursing.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• nursing
• pandemic
• mental health; mental trauma

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