Background & Aim: Anxiety related to the COVID-19 is prevalent amongst the nursing workforce potentially affecting nurses’ well-being and their organizational commitment. The nurse manager’s caring behavior has been recognized as a crucial indicator of nurses' resilience with the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to investigate the effect of COVID-19 anxiety on front-line nurses’ organizational commitment and their perception of nurse managers' caring behavior. Methods & Materials: This study utilized an explanatory research design; hence, a convenient sample consisted of 60 registered nurses working at three selected medical intensive care units located in one of the Cairo University Teaching hospitals, Egypt was selected. Data were collected using the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, Nursing Staff Organizational Commitment Questionnaire, and Nurse Managers' Caring Behavior Questionnaire. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 was used for the data analysis where the descriptive statistics, Simple Linear, and Stepwise multiple regression analysis were applied. Results: The highest-rated anxiety problem of COVID-19 was appetite loss (x ̅=3.03, SD = ±0.88). Human respect as one of the perceived nurse managers caring behaviors emerged as a strong predictor (Partial R2 = 0.104, p= .017) in increasing the front-line nurses’ organizational commitment, while COVID-19 anxiety has a significant decreasing effect (Partial R2 = 0.435, p<0.001) on it. Conclusion: COVID-19 anxiety has affected the front-line nurses’ organizational commitment and their perceived nurse managers' caring behavior. COVID-19 anxiety should be addressed and rectified by providing appropriate managerial caring behavior and support to boost nurses ‘organizational commitment.

Introduction Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a main, highly prevalent, and challenging public health issue. Suboptimal self-care for type II diabetes can lead to poor glycemic control, complications, and even death. Objective This study investigated the incidence of distress and its link with self-care habits of patients with diabetes type II. Methods A correlational, cross-sectional design with a convenient sample of 200 patients was used to conduct this study. Three questionnaires were administered: (A) the demographic and medical data questionnaire; (B) diabetes self-care activities in brief; and (C) the diabetes distress scale in Arabic language. Results The patients’ mean age was 51.78 ± 11.34; 80% of patients practiced lower levels of diabetes self-care, and 37% of them had a high level of diabetes distress. Self-care is associated with diabetes distress ( R = −0.152, p-value = .032). Conclusion Self-care activities can help in the early detection and management of diabetes distress. Sustained self-care education is promising to minimize diabetes distress. The potential advantages of association between diabetes distress and self-care can offer self-care programs that enhance diabetes distress management.

Background: One of the most significant epidemics of the century, the COVID-19 virus disease is brought on by severe respiratory syndrome and poses a threat to human health globally. Study aim: to investigate the correlation between risk of diabetes and stress and cortisone regimen among patients with COVID 19. Design: It made use of a descriptive correlational design. Setting: this study was carried out at Minia Cardiothoracic University Hospital Subjects: convenient sample of 802 hospitalized patients typical COVID-19. Data collection tools: Tool (1) structured interview questionnaire, it include (socio-demographic data, medical information, laboratory investigation record and cortisone therapy monitoring). Ordinal Scale for Clinical Improvement, Type 2 diabetes risk form and Perceived Stress Scale. Results 31.3% of COVID-19 patients have low risk for type 2 diabetes, 7.5% of sample have high risk, and 52.2% of study sample use cortisone therapy < 7 days and 47% of patients suffer from severe stress. There was a high positive significant correlation among diabetes risk assessment and duration of cortisone use and level of stress. Conclusions: The data suggest that the correlation between diabetes occurrence following COVID-19 infection and diabetes risk, stress level, duration of cortisone use, and severity of the COVID-19 infection. Recommendation All COVID-19 patients should be acquire continuous glucose monitoring or to self-monitor their blood sugar levels frequently. The goal of continued monitoring is to identify prediabetic patients early and reduce their risk of acquiring diabetes.