Investigating the psychological impact of COVID‑19 on frontline medical staff and coping strategies during the disease outbreak in the medical centers of Rasht, IRAN, 2020

Autor: Maryam Khoshbakht-Pishkhani, Maryam Zaer Sabet, Elnaz Faraji Nesfechi, Saman Maroufizadeh, Maryam Hosseinzadeh, Jannat Soleimani Kamran, Shahrbanoo Akhlaghnejat
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, Vol 19, Iss , Pp 100618- (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2214-1391
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijans.2023.100618
Popis: Background: Coping strategies to minimize the psychological impact of diseases and epidemics on the medical staff is essential. This study aims to investigate the psychological impacts of COVID-19 and the coping strategies of frontline medical staff in the fight against this disease. Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in 2020 in Rasht, Iran 0.248 Medical Staff participated through convenience sampling and an online questionnaire. The questionnaires included two sections: Demographic characteristics and Coping strategies and the emotional impacts consisting of five dimensions and 67 questions (Scores 0–3). The two-sample t-test was used to compare the responses between gender, age, and Medical staff groups. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 16. Results: The most critical item for the staff in the ‘emotion’ dimension was expecting a decrease in their relationship with the individuals who were not exposed to the disease (p
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