THE EFFECT OF ATTITUDE TOWARDS UNCERTAINTY AND PERCEIVED CONTAMINATION COGNITION ON MENTAL STATUS OF NURSES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
| Autor: | Mahmut EVLİ, Nuray ŞİMŞEK, Ömer ÖDEK |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Volume: 5, Issue: 3 454-462 Black Sea Journal of Health Science |
| ISSN: | 2619-9041 |
| Popis: | Introduction: In epidemics, nurses often work on the front line. Therefore, there is a need for studies on the factors affecting the mental states of nurses. Aim: This study was conducted to examine the effect of nurses' attitudes towards uncertainty and perceived contamination cognition on mental state during the Covid-19 pandemic. Methods: The study was completed with 328 nurses who filled the data collection forms. Data were tested Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance and Spearman correlation tests. In the relational questions were used with simple and multiple linear regression analysis. Results: The average age of the nurses participating in the study was 31.81 ± 7.69, and 84.1% of them were women. All of the participants worked actively during the Covid-19 pandemic process and 75.0% of them provided care to patients diagnosed with Covid-19. Moreover, 68.6% of the participants defined the Covid-19 pandemic process as frightening/worrying. It was determined that the nurses had high levels of depression, anxiety and stress. While the average score of intolerance of uncertainty was 41.83 ± 8.40, their contamination cognition was 80.34 ± 1.59. Conclusions: A positive relationship was found between intolerance of uncertainty and contamination cognition, depression, anxiety, and stress in nurses. A positive relationship was also determined between contamination cognitions and depression, anxiety, and stress. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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