Impact of Workplace Social Capital and COVID-19 on the Psychological Distress of Hospital Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated psychological distress among frontline and non-frontline nurses. However, several research findings suggest that workplace social capital may have been strengthened during the COVID-19 pandemic, thereby reducing the deterioration of psychological distress.

Objective

This study investigated the perceptions of change in workplace social capital from before the COVID-19 pandemic to the time of the survey. This study also examined the influence of variables related to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as experience of discrimination related to COVID-19, on psychological distress by targeting hospital nurses.

Methods

An online survey was conducted among nurses at 138 hospitals in a prefecture in the Tohoku region of Japan from J

SUBMITTER: Hara Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12449640 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature