Anxiety, sleep disorders and self-efficacy among nurses during COVID-19 pandemic: A large cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim and objectives

To assess the prevalence of anxiety, sleep disorders and self-efficacy and their predicting factors among nurses facing COVID-19.

Background

The spread of COVID-19 throughout the world determined a series of modifications of several National Health Service organisations, with a potential series of psychological consequences among nurses, who were particularly afflicted by this situation of changes and precariousness.

Design

A cross-sectional study was carried out from February-April 2020.

Methods

A total of 1,005 nurses employed in different Italian hospital wards, during the COVID-19 pandemic, were recruited. Analyses were based on descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression. The STROBE checklist for cross-sectional studies w

SUBMITTER: Simonetti V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8012992 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature