Depressive symptoms are more influenced by personality traits and styles than working in nursing-a study during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Autor: Maringgele VE; Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Christian Doppler Medical Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria., Scherr M; Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Christian Doppler Medical Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria., Aichhorn W; Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Christian Doppler Medical Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria., Kaiser AK; Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Christian Doppler Medical Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Frontiers in psychology [Front Psychol] 2023 Aug 21; Vol. 14, pp. 1138185. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 21 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1138185
Abstrakt: Background: According to literature, the COVID-19 pandemic caused stressful working conditions for nurses, which may have a negative impact on their Well-Being and mental health.
Aim: To investigate whether nurses and non -helping professionals differ in their Well-Being. Furthermore, we analyzed, for the first time, which personality traits and styles are a risk factor for nurses' wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: In an online survey, the following psychological tests were used on nursing staff ( n = 518) and non -helping professionals ( n = 335): WHO-Five ( WHO-5 ), the Personality, Style and Disorder Inventory ( PSSI ), and the Freiburg Personality Inventory-Revised ( FPI-R ).
Results: Nurses and non -helping professionals did not differ significantly in terms of Well-Being. The Well-Being of nurses was correlated with the following personality traits and styles, namely Spontaneous-Borderline Personality Style , Silent-Depressive Personality Style , Strain , Emotionality , and Life Satisfaction . According to our results, 33% of participants suffered from clinically significant depressive symptoms.
Discussion: According to our results, nurses are not more at risk for depression. However, it was shown that Well-Being during the pandemic is highly dependent on personality.
Conclusion: Specific personality traits and styles are a greater predictor of depressive symptoms than profession. The stressful occupational environment during COVID-19 pandemic is not the only cause for depressive symptoms in nurses. Psychotherapeutic interventions are especially important for particular individuals and are necessary to prevent depressive symptoms during COVID-19 pandemic.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
(Copyright © 2023 Maringgele, Scherr, Aichhorn and Kaiser.)
Databáze: MEDLINE