Anxiety levels of university hospital nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic

Şeyma Yurtseven; Sevban Arslan

doi:10.1111/ppc.12719

Anxiety levels of university hospital nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic

Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2021 Oct;57(4):1558-1565. doi: 10.1111/ppc.12719. Epub 2021 Jan 13.

Authors

Şeyma Yurtseven¹, Sevban Arslan²

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Balcalı Hospital, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
² Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the anxiety levels of nurses caused by the changes experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Design and methods: The sample of the study consisted of 270 nurses. The data were collected using a questionnaire and the State Anxiety Inventory. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t test, analysis of variance, Kruskal-Wallis and Tukey's test.

Findings: It was found that of the total number of nurses, 85.6% had high anxiety levels.

Practical implications: Early intervention of indirect traumatization might facilitate controlling anxiety resulting from the Covid-19 outbreak. Conducting further supportive administrative studies to reduce anxiety levels is recommended.

Keywords: coronavirus; mental health; nursing.

MeSH terms

Anxiety / epidemiology
COVID-19*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Hospitals, University
Humans
Nurses*
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2