Assessment of Nurses’ Stress and Coping Responses during Covid-19 Pandemic: Isolation and Quarantine Hospitals at El-Beheira Governorate | ||||
| Damanhour Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Volume 2, Issue 3, June 2024, Page 56-69 PDF (439.33 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/dsnj.2024.359884 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Marwa Mostafa Rabee  1; Abeer Abdel Fatah Mahmoud2; Hend Abo El-Soud Ahmed3
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| 1Faculty1. Nursing Specialist at Health Affairs Directorate, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University. Egypt. | ||||
| 2Professor of Nursing Education, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University. Egypt | ||||
| 3Assistant Professor of Nursing Education, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University. Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: During COVID-19 global health care crisis, the systems of health care around the world as well as the financial, emotional, and physical well-being of their health care workers (HCWs) are at risk due to the overwhelming burden caused by the illness and its mortality nature. Nurses play a crucial role in fighting pandemics, also they are at greater risk of COVID-19 infection due to their duties full of stressors that may endanger their health, that require effective coping strategies. Objective of the study: This research paper aims to assess the stress, the coping responses of nurses, and the relationship between them throughout the COVID-19 outbreak in isolation and quarantine hospitals at El Beheira Governorate. Methods and materials: Design: In this study, a descriptive correlational design was used. Setting: The study was performed in the isolation and quarantine hospitals at El Beheira Governorate. Sampling: A random sample of 300 nurses participated in the study and selected through proportional allocation from the previously mentioned settings. Study Tools: This study employed two tools. namely, tool (I) is COVID-19 Nursing Stress questionnaire including the nurses’ sociodemographic characteristics and a survey of nurses' stress level regarding COVID-19 pandemic, while tool (II) is way of coping questionnaire.Results It was noticed that less than one fifth (17.7%) of the nurses had high stress, and less than one quarter (23.7%) had low stress. It was found that over 25% (28.7%) of the nurses used emotion-focused coping strategies at a high level, while over one third (34.0%) of the nurses used cognitive-focused coping strategies at a high-level Conclusion: From the previous results it was concluded that stress is a prevailing problem among nurses that require continuous workshops and training courses to help them dealing with their perceived stress. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Coping Responses; COVID-19; El Beheira Governorate; Isolation hospitals; Nurses; Quarantine Hospitals; Stress | ||||
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