Psychological responses of hospital-based nurses working during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Studies show decreased well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for healthcare providers from Asia. Less is known about the psychological responses of working during the pandemic on hospital-based registered nurses (RNs) in the United States (US). Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to report the well-being of U.S.-based hospital RNs working during the initial acute phase of COVID-19 and compare it with well-being among healthcare workers described in two global meta-analyses. We conducted a cross-sectional survey in May-June 2020 (N = 467). Well-being was measured using the following tools: Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, Patient Health Questionnaire-2 for depressive symptoms, Impact of Events Scale-Revised for traumatic stress, and the Insomnia Severity Index. Compared wit

SUBMITTER: Mensinger JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8549528 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature