Destructive Role of COVID-19 Fear on Nurses Performance: Mediating Role of Stress.

ABSTRACT: Given its importance to psychological issues, the COVID-19 pandemic has created numerous challenges for all individuals, but healthcare professionals and particularly nursing staff are at front lines, and their performance is significantly affected. The current study relates COVID-19 fear with psychological strain, i.e., stress amongst the nursing staff. Moreover, the intervening role of COVID-19 stress between COVID-19 fear and the performance of the nursing staff has also been tested. An online survey was conducted to collect data from nurses. A total of 471 responses of nurses were received during the process of online data collection from 16 November 2020 to 30 April 2021. Results revealed the significant effect of COVID-19 fear on COVID-19 stress and the performance of nurses. Additio

SUBMITTER: Yousaf Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8715474 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature