The relationship between psychological resilience, burnout, stress, and sociodemographic factors with depression in nurses and midwives during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study in Turkey

Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2021 Jan;57(1):390-398. doi: 10.1111/ppc.12659. Epub 2020 Oct 26.

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to determine the relationship between psychological resilience, burnout, stress, and sociodemographic factors with depression in nurses and midwives during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Design and method: This cross-sectional study included 377 midwives and nurses.

Results: The prevalence of depression in midwives and nurses in our sample was 31.8%. In the logistic regression analysis, the risk of depression in midwives was 1.92 times higher than that of nurses. A high perceived stress score increased the risk of depression by 1.16 times, and a high emotional exhaustion score increased the risk of depression by 1.11 times. A high psychological resilience score was found to be protective against depression (<0.001).

Practice implications: The results showed that one-third of midwives and nurses had symptoms of depression.

Keywords: burnout; depression; health care workers; psychological resilience; stress.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Burnout, Professional / epidemiology*
  • Burnout, Professional / psychology
  • COVID-19*
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Depression / epidemiology*
  • Depression / psychology
  • Economic Status
  • Health Status
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Midwifery / statistics & numerical data*
  • Nurses / psychology
  • Nurses / statistics & numerical data*
  • Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
  • Resilience, Psychological*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Stress, Psychological / epidemiology
  • Stress, Psychological / psychology
  • Turkey / epidemiology
  • Young Adult