Factors Affecting the Coronavirus Fear Levels of Nurses

Year 2021, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 189 - 196, 08.09.2021

Mustafa Durmuş , Oktay Ferdi Yıldız , Hasan Köse

https://doi.org/10.38108/ouhcd.838675

Cited By: 3

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışma, COVID-19 salgını süresi içinde hemşirelerin koronavirüs korku düzeylerini ve bu düzeyi etkileyen faktörlerin incelenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Araştırma, 1-30 Haziran 2020 tarihleri arasında Türkiye’nin Doğu Anadolu Bölgesinde yer alan iki devlet hastanesinde çalışan hemşireler ile yürütülmüştür. Bu çalışmada evrenden örneklem seçimine gidilmeyerek tüm hemşirelere ulaşılmaya çalışılmıştır. Araştırma örneklemini %95 güven aralığında 420 hemşire olarak hesaplanmış, 421 hemşire ile tamamlanmıştır. Veriler Google Formlar ile toplanmış, hemşireler ile link paylaşılmıştır. hazırlanarak hemşirelere gönderilen bağlantı adresi ile toplanmıştır. Veri toplamada “Sosyo demografik Bilgi Formu ” ve ‘’Koronavirüs Korku Ölçegi (C19P-S)’’ kullanılmıştır. Araştırma için etik kurul onayı alındıktan sonra veriler toplanmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirmesinde frekans, yüzdelik hesaplama, bağımsız gruplarda t testi ve one way Anova testi kullanılmıştır.
Bulgular: Hemşirelerin toplam koronavirüs korku düzeyleri (53.09±13.62) ile sosyal korku düzeyleri (14.36±4.13) orta seviyededir. Psikolojik korku düzeylerinin (19.14±4.91) ortalamanın üstünde olduğu belirlenmiştir. Somatik (10.56±3.84) ve ekonomik (9.01±2.85) koronavirüs korku düzeylerinin ortalamanın altında olduğu saptanmıştır. Hemşirelerin cinsiyet, eğitim durumları, gelir durumları, riskli birimlerde görev alma durumları, koronavirüsün kısa sürede biteceğine inançları ile koronavirüs korku düzeyleri arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark bulunmuştur (p<0.05).
Sonuç: Sonuç olarak bu çalışmada kadınların, gelir düzeyi düşük olanların ve COVID-19 birimlerinde çalışan hemşirelerin koronavirüs korkularının daha yüksek olduğu tespit edildi. Hemşirelerin çalışma koşullarının iyileştirilmesi ve hemşirelere yönelik salgın ve krizlere yönelik baş etme eğitimlerine daha fazla yer verilmesi önerilmektedir.

Keywords

COVİD-19, KORONAVİRUS, KORKU, HEMŞİRE

Hemşirelerin Koronavirüs Korku Düzeylerini Etkileyen Faktörler

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to examine the coronavirus fear levels of nurses and the factors affecting them during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Method: Research was carried out with nurses working in two public hospitals located in Turkey's Eastern Anatolia region between 1-30 June 2020. In this study, all nurses were tried to be reached and a sample from the population was not chosen. The research sample was calculated as 420 nurses at 95% confidence interval, and it was completed with 421 nurses. "Personal Information Form" and "Coronavirus Phobia Scale (C19P-S)" were used in data collection. After obtaining the approval of the ethics committee for the research, data were collected online voluntarily basis. Frequency, percentage calculation, independent groups t-test and one-way ANOVA test were used in the evaluation of the data.
Findings: The total coronavirus fear levels of the nurses (53.09 ± 13.62) and social fear levels (14.36 ± 4.13) were found to be moderate. Psychological fear levels (19.14 ± 4.91) were determined to be above average. Somatic (10.56 ± 3.84) and economic (9.01 ± 2.85) coronavirus fear levels were found to be below average. A statistically significant difference was found between the nurses' gender, educational status, income levels, their employment in risky units, their belief that the coronavirus would end soon, and their coronavirus fear levels (p <0.05).
Conclusion: It was found in this study that women, those with low income, and nurses working in COVID-19 units were found to have higher coronavirus fears. It is recommended that the working conditions of the nurses would be improved and the nurses would be involved in in-service trainings regarding how to cope with outbreaks and crises.
Keywords: COVID-19, coronavirus, fear, nurse

Keywords

COVID-19, CORONAVIRUS, FEAR, NURSE

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