Yoğun Bakım Ünitelerinde Çalışan Hemşirelerde Koronofobinin Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Pandemi döneminde COVID-19 yoğun bakım ünitesinde çalışan hemşirelerde koronafobi sıklığını ve ilişkili risk faktörlerini saptamak. Gereç ve Yöntem: Etik kurul onamını (no: 2021/147) takiben, Haziran 2021-Ocak 2022 tarihleri arasında yoğun bakım ünitelerinde hemşire statüsünde çalışan sağlık çalışanlarına gönüllülük esasına göre anket uygulandı. Demografik veriler ve Koronavirüs-19 Fobisi Ölçeğinin Türkçe’ ye adapte edilmiş soruları soruldu. Eksik yanıt veya yanıt yanında yorum içeren anketler analiz edilmedi. Bulgular: Toplam 102 katılımcının verileri değerlendirildi. Ortalama Koronavirüs-19 Fobisi skoru orta düzeyde (50,1±10,7) idi. Alt boyut puanları şu şekilde saptandı: psikolojik skor hafif yüksek (18,1±4,1), somatik skor hafif düşük (10,1±3,2), sosyal skor orta düzeyde (13,7±3,4), ekonomik skor hafif düşük (8,2±2,7) Alt skorların birbirleriyle korele olduğu, en kuvvetli korelasyonun somatik ve ekonomi boyutlar arasında olduğu bulundu. Total ve alt skorların cinsiyetler arasında benzer olduğu, ancak erkeklerde ekonomik kaygı alt skorunun kadınlara göre istatistiksel olarak anlamlı düzeyde yüksek olduğu saptandı (9,7±3,4 vs 7,8±2,4, p=0.030). Sonuçlar: Pandemide, yoğun iş temposundan tükenme, hasta bakım kalitesinde düşme, mesleki tatminde azalma, COVİD-19 ‘a bağlı yakın aile ve sağlık çalışanlarında ortaya çıkan kayıplar koronafobi yükünü daha da artırmaktadır. Daha verimli ve kaliteli bir sağlık hizmeti için sağlık çalışan paydaşlarının koronafobi konusunda başa çıkma yöntemleri ile ilgili hizmet içi eğitim ile desteklenmeli, çalışma süre ve ortamları uygun şekilde planlanmalıdır.

Keywords

• Yoğun bakım ünitesi
• Hemşirelik
• Koronafobi

Evaluation of Coronophobia in Nurse Working in The Intensive Care Unit

Abstract

Aim: To find the incidence of coronaphobia and associated risk factors of nurses who worked in a COVID-19 intensive care unit during the pandemic period. Material and Metod: After obtaining approval of ethics committee (no: 2021/147), nurses were surveyed for demographic data and the Coronavirus-19 Phobia Scale (adapted to Turkish) between June 2021- January 2022 on a voluntary basis. Surveys which include incomplete answers or answers supplemented with comments were excluded. Results: Data from a total of 102 participants were analyzed. The mean total score of the Coronavirus-19 Phobia scale was moderate (50,1±10,7). The sub-dimension scores were as follows: psychological score was slightly high (18,1±4,1), somatic score was slightly low (10,1±3,2), social score was moderate (13,7±3,4), economic score was low (8,2±2,7). It was found that the sub-dimensions of the scale were correlated with each other, and the strongest correlation was between the somatic and economic dimensions. The total scores and subdimension scores were similar among men and women, except that mean economic anxiety score in men was statistically significantly higher compared to women (9,7±3,4 vs 7,8±2,4, p=0.030). Conclusion: In the pandemic, exhaustion from intense work tempo, decrease in patient care quality, decrease in professional satisfaction, losses in close family and health workers due to COVID-19 increase the burden of coronaphobia even more. For a more efficient and quality health service, healthcare professionals' stakeholders should be supported with in-service training on coping methods about coronophobia, and their working hours and environments should be planned appropriately.

Keywords

• Intensive care unit
• Nurse
• Coronaphobia

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