Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Coping Patterns with Stres among Nurses during COVID-19 Pandemic | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 106, Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2021, Page 1705-1719 PDF (681.1 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.228000 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Hoda Sayed Mohamed1; Azza .M.Khaled2 | ||||
| 1Lecturer of Psychiatric / Mental Health Nursing | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Nursing Administration | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak poses huge stress for nurses and emotional intelligence (EI) is a prerequisite for adaptive coping with stressors during this Pandemic. Aim: This study aimed to assess the relationship between emotional intelligence and coping pattern with stress among nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Design: A descriptive, correlational research design was utilized in this stud. Setting: This study was conducted at different units and departments in Ain shams University Hospital. Subjects: 241 nurses were included in the study. Tools of data collection: The data was collected using: 1) Sociodemographic data questionnaire 2) Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test to assess the emotional intelligence of nurses during covid 19 pandemic; 3) The Brief COPE scale to assess adaptive and maladaptive coping patterns with stress during covid 19 pandemic. Results: The current study results showed that 72.2% of the nurses in this study have low levels of emotional intelligence and that the highest mean of the studied sample was self-awareness, social skills, empathy, managing emotions, optimism, and utilization of other emotion subscales (27.1 ± 17.04, 26.1 ± 2.04, 15. 3 ± 12.04, 15. 3 ± 12.04,15.0 ± 2.05 and 6.1 ± 2.03) prospectively. The highest mean score was for maladaptive coping and there were statistically significant differences between levels of coping and level of emotional intelligence of studied nurses. Conclusion: the current study concluded that nearly three-quarters of the nurses in this study have low levels of emotional intelligence and had maladaptive coping patterns with stress during covid 19 pandemic and there were statistically significant differences between levels of coping of the studied sample and their level of emotional intelligence. Recommendations: Designing and implementing an emotional intelligence training program to empower the nurses to the conscious use of EI resources and use adaptive coping strategies during the time of pandemic and the years that will follow | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Emotional Intelligence - Coping patterns; nurses - Covid 19 pandemic | ||||
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