The Relationship Between Anxiety, Stress and Protective Behavior in Nurses During COVID -19 Pandemic

Autor: Saber Souri, Mohammad Amerzadeh, Rohollah Kalhor, Sima Rafiei
Jazyk: perština
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: بهداشت و ایمنی کار, Vol 12, Iss 3, Pp 664-679 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2251-807X
2383-2088
Popis: Introduction: Health workers, especially nurses, are facing a high risk of contracting the COVID-19 and consequent mental disorders such as stress, anxiety and depression. We aimed to study the relationship between anxiety, stress and the protective behavior of nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on nurses working in COVID -19 referral hospitals in Qazvin, Iran, in 2020. Out of 645 nurses working in two hospitals, 260 of them were selected randomly. Three questionnaires including demographic and contextual information, COVID-19 anxiety, stress and precautionary behaviors against COVID-19 were used. Descriptive statistical methods, Pearson correlation, t-test and one-way analysis of variance and binary logistic regression analysis were applied at 95% confidence interval. Results: The prevalence of anxiety symptoms in nurses was 32.08%, the mean score of protective behavior was 18.45+5.66 and the maximum score was 22.06+4.7. The negative relationship between anxiety and nurses precautionary behavior) β=-0.36, P
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