Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic on Taiwanese health care networks: Sharing experiences on a community hospital’s responses

Yen, Chia-Chi; Chain, Shu-Ling; Lee, Hsien-Ju; Chen, Chih‐Hao; Lee, Min-Yi; Wei, Shu-yi; Chen, Hsiu-Min; Cheng, Hsiao-Ling

doi:10.7189/jogh.10.020376

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“…This hospital adopted the following 5 major strategies to fight COVID-19: (1) Entry and exit access control, (2) Management of wards, (3) Management of hospital staff, (4) Educational training for all hospital staff, volunteers, and contractors, and (5) Construction of a resilient epidemic prevention network within the community. 36 We used questionnaires to survey the nurses working in this district hospital in from August 13 to August 25, 2020. All registered and enrolled nurses working in this community hospital for at least 3 months were eligible to participate.…”

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Protective Behaviors for COVID-19 Were Associated With Fewer Psychological Impacts on Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study in Taiwan

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Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has increased psychological distress among common people and has caused health care providers, such as nurses, to experience tremendous stress. Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study assessed the psychological impacts on nurses in a community hospital in Taiwan, including major depressive disorder (MDD), posttraumatic stress (PTS), and pessimism. According to transactional theory, coping strategies and personal factors have psychological impacts. We hypothesized that behavioral responses to COVID-19 (problem-focused coping) are more effective in reducing psychological impacts than emotional responses to COVID-19 (emotion-focused coping). Independent variables were the use of behavioral and emotional coping strategies for COVID-19 and 3 personal factors, namely sleep disturbance, physical component summary (PCS-12), and mental component summary (MCS-12) of the 12-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) obtained from the Medical Outcomes Study. Dependent variables comprised 3 psychological impacts, namely MDD, PTS, and pessimism. Results: We determined that behavioral coping strategies had significant negative effects on PTS and pessimism; however, emotional coping strategies had significantly positive effects on PTS and pessimism. Sleep disturbance was significantly associated with increased MDD and pessimism. PCS-12 had a significant negative effect on PTS, whereas MCS-12 was not significantly associated with any of the 3 psychological impacts. Conclusions: Nurses who adopted protective behavior against COVID-19, such as washing hands, wearing masks, avoiding touching eyes, and mouth, and avoiding personal contact, were associated with less posttraumatic stress and pessimism. Healthcare providers should consider strategies for improving preventive behaviors to help ease their worries and fears concerning COVID-19.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%