Resilient Nurses in the COVID-19 Compared With Non-COVID-19 Wards.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Owing to daily exposure to high job stress, nurses need to use coping techniques. One of the coping strategies helping a person to cope with stressful situations effectively is resiliency skills. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the factors related to nurses' resiliency during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic.

Methods

The resiliency of 288 nurses, 145 nurses from the COVID-19 wards , and 143 nurses from other wards were compared using 25-item Connor & Davidson Resilience Questionnaire. This study was conducted in 2021 in four referral hospitals at Shiraz.

Results

The mean age of participants was 32 y. The average resilience score in the in the participants worked in COVID-19 wards was 95.30 for men and 87.72 for women,

SUBMITTER: Ghahramani S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10019928 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature