Finding the positives from the COVID-19 pandemic: factors associated with posttraumatic growth among nurses in Hong Kong.

Autor: Yeung NC; JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Wong EL; The Centre for Health Systems and Policy Research, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Cheung AW; The Centre for Health Systems and Policy Research, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Leung CS; JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Yeoh EK; The Centre for Health Systems and Policy Research, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Wong SY; JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European journal of psychotraumatology [Eur J Psychotraumatol] 2022 Feb 07; Vol. 13 (1), pp. 2005346. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Feb 07 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2021.2005346
Abstrakt: Background: Due to active involvement with patients for COVID-19 treatments, nurses are susceptible to adverse psychological outcomes amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the distress, studies have suggested that nurses are able to experience positive changes (i.e. posttraumatic growth; PTG) during the pandemic. Research on other populations has also indicated that COVID-19-specific worries and work-related coping resources are associated with people's positive changes during the pandemic.
Objective: This study examined how socio-demographic characteristics, COVID-19-related worries, and work-related variables (satisfaction with work and workplace pandemic guidelines) were associated with PTG among nurses in Hong Kong.
Methods: Nurses ( N  = 1510) working in hospitals and community settings were recruited through nursing associations in Hong Kong between 8 August 2020 and 22 September 2020. They were invited to complete a cross-sectional survey measuring their sociodemographic characteristics, COVID-19 worries, and satisfaction with work and workplace pandemic-control measures.
Results: Results from hierarchical regressions found that those working non-full-time ( β  = -0.06), affiliating with a religion ( β  = 0.24), having higher COVID-19-related worries and psychological distress ( βs ranging from 0.12-0.15), and having higher work satisfaction ( β  = 0.14) were associated with higher PTG ( ps  < .05). Moreover, a significant interaction between psychological distress and satisfaction with workplace pandemic control guidelines emerged in explaining PTG ( β  = 0.08, p < .05), such that guideline satisfaction was only associated with higher PTG among those with higher distress ( β  = 0.09, p = .03), but not those with lower distress ( β  = -0.05, p > .05).
Conclusions: Nurses in Hong Kong did report positive changes amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Future studies could focus on the contributing factors of PTG to design for effective strategies to enhance resources for nurses to promote positive psychosocial outcomes.
Competing Interests: No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
(© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
Externí odkaz:
Nepřihlášeným uživatelům se plný text nezobrazuje