Predictors of critical care nurses' stress, anxiety, and depression in response to COVID‐19 pandemic

Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic directly affects the psychological well‐being of critical care nurses. Several studies had investigated the psychological impact of the pandemic on nurses caring for patients with COVID‐19, but few were conducted to identify the predictors...

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Published in:Nursing in critical care 2023-03, Vol.28 (2), p.177-183
Main Authors: Baraka, Azza Abd Elrazek, Ramadan, Fatma Hussein, Hassan, Eman Arafa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
COVID-19
Critical care
critical care nurses
depression
Mental depression
Nurses
Nursing care
Pandemics
predictors
Questionnaires
Stress
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Summary:Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic directly affects the psychological well‐being of critical care nurses. Several studies had investigated the psychological impact of the pandemic on nurses caring for patients with COVID‐19, but few were conducted to identify the predictors of this impact. Aims The objective of this study is to identify the predictors of critical care nurses' stress, anxiety, and depression in response to the COVID‐19 pandemic. Design A cross‐sectional survey was conducted in five intensive care units in five hospitals in Alexandria, Egypt. Methods An online questionnaire was distributed. It included socio‐demographic and work‐related data and the depression, anxiety, and stress scale scores of the nurses under study. A multiple linear regression model was developed to identify the predictors of critical care nurses' stress, anxiety, and depression in response to the COVID‐19 pandemic. Results Two hundred (64%) of 308 nurses completed the electronic questionnaire. Significant predictors of stress included the number of infected colleagues (P 
ISSN:1362-1017
1478-5153
DOI:10.1111/nicc.12708