Stress and anxiety among nurses working in tertiary care hospitals in Nepal during COVID- 19 pandemic

Neupane, Mamata Sharma; Angadi, Siddeshwar; Joshi, Alisha; Neupane, Harish Chandra

doi:10.3126/jcmc.v10i3.32001

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“…Normal anxiety was assessed in 95.05% of participants, and none of them experienced severe anxiety or panic. Similar to the study of Neupane et al [ 19 ] which found that 88.4% of nurses experienced normal anxiety and another 10.5% reported mild to moderate levels of anxiety. A survey in China revealed that less than half of healthcare personnel, notably female nurses caring for patients, exhibit signs of anxiety [ 2 ].…”

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confidence: 88%

Psychosocial Problems among Psychiatric Nurses for Caring Patients with Mental Disorders during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Rahmat,

Pawestri,

Saputro

et al. 2023

Nursing Research and Practice

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COVID-19 has a negative effect on the psychological well-being of psychiatric nurses. Thus, examining the psychosocial response of nurses is important for preventing more serious mental health problems and disruption of the quality of nursing care. This study aimed to evaluate the psychosocial problems of nurses who provided nursing care to patients with mental health disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic. A quantitative study with a cross-sectional design was conducted. The 101 nurses at Central Mental Health Hospital who provide nursing care to patients with mental health disorders were recruited through consecutive sampling. The instruments used were the demographic questionnaire, the Expanded Nursing Stress Scale, Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, and The Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale 25. Univariate and bivariate analyses were used to process the data. The mean score of 45.1 (±24.3) was obtained for the ENSS; around 97% of nurses have a work stress score below the average, 4.95% have mild-moderate anxiety, and 28.7% have a low level of resilience. Work stress and contact frequency, work stress and gender, anxiety and contact frequency, as well as resilience and contact frequency all correlated significantly ( p value <0.05). The Pearson test showed a significant positive correlation between work stress and anxiety ( p : 0.002, r: 0.299). However, there was no significant correlation between anxiety and resilience ( p : 0.643, r: 0.47), nor between work stress and resilience ( p : 0.643; r: 0.47). Psychosocial disorders that psychiatric nurses face include occupational stress, mild-moderate anxiety, and low resilience. The government can create specific infection control guidelines for the mental health setting, and hospital management or ward leaders can also provide support to psychiatric nurses to increase resilience in reducing psychosocial problems.

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confidence: 88%

Psychosocial Problems among Psychiatric Nurses for Caring Patients with Mental Disorders during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Rahmat,

Pawestri,

Saputro

et al. 2023

Nursing Research and Practice

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“…During the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey, the participants expressed perceiving high levels of stress when feeling nervous or stressed, when they felt compelled to succeed, when they experienced an unexpected event, and when they were unable to control important things in their lives. During the COVID-19 pandemic, two thirds of the nurses participating in a study in Austria and more than half of those in Nepal perceived moderate stress levels (Hoedl et al, 2020; Neupane et al, 2020). In a cross-sectional study that aimed to determine the prevalence of perceived stress and risk factors among healthcare providers in Ethiopia, the prevalence of perceived stress was found to be very high among healthcare providers, with the highest stress scores found among nurses (Chekole et al, 2020).…”

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The Relationship Between Psychological Resilience and Stress Perception in Nurses in Turkey During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Karabulak

Kaya

2021

Journal of Nursing Research

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Background In Turkey, nurses are responsible for the treatment and care of patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and for tracing their contacts. Healthcare professionals exposed to COVID-19 face high levels of stress. Purpose This study was designed to determine the influence of psychological resilience and several sociodemographic and professional characteristics on stress perception in nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A cross-sectional design was used in this study, which was conducted between June 16 and 29, 2020. Two hundred one nurses living in Turkey were enrolled as participants. Data were collected using an information form, the Perceived Stress Scale, and the Brief Psychological Strength Scale. This study aligns with the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology Checklist. Results According to the results of the multivariate linear regression analysis, the psychological resilience score of the participants accounted for 25.2% of the variance related to stress perception (p < .05). However, several of the demographic and professional characteristics considered in this study were not found to statistically significantly influence stress perception (p > .05). Conclusions/Implications for Practice The findings support that psychological resilience is significant in explaining perception of stress in nurses in Turkey. Interventions targeting psychological resilience are needed to reduce nurses' stress perceptions.

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“…However, study conducted by Neupane MS et al, had 37.6% of nurses with high level of stress and 54.7% of nurses had moderate level of stress. 7 In similar studies done in Brazil where mild to moderate level of peritraumatic distress was found among 52.9% (N=654). 12 Similar type of studies done on Nepalese community people revealed that Mild to moderate peritraumatic distress was found among 17.82% and Covid-19 Peritraumatic Distress index score was 14.67 (SD± 9.09) which was contrast to present study.…”

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confidence: 80%

“…Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has brought all the health care professionals including nurses to work as a frontline member, which may bring threat to mental wellbeing. 6,7 However, evidence regarding the psychological impact and its associated factors of Covid 19 among nurses is not available in Nepal, in this context, this study aimed to evaluate psychological impact and its associated factors of Covid among nurses working in Bharatpur, Nepal.…”

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confidence: 99%

Psychological Impact and their Associated Factors of COVID-19 Pandemic among Nurses of a Metropolitan City of Central Nepal

Lamichhane¹,

Dhakal²,

Thapa³

et al. 2021

J Coll Med Sci-Nepal

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Introduction: COVID-19 poses a great challenge to the global health system. The nurses worked in COVID ward and fever clinic act as gatekeepers to the health care system in the public health response to COVID-19 epidemic. The consequences of lockdown, quarantine of COVID-19 pandemic has not only caused physical sufferings but also affected the mental health of the nurses around the globe. This study aimed to assess psychological impact and associated factors of COVID 19 pandemic among nurses working in different level of hospital at Bharatpur Municipality Chitwan, Nepal. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 150 nurses working in different hospitals of Bharatpur Municipality. Non-probability Purposive Sampling Technique was used and Data was collected via online survey using Google Form questionnaire. COVID-19 peritraumatic distress index (CPDI) questionnaire was used to find out psychological impact. Statistical analysis of data was done using SPSS version 20. Results: Total of 150 nurses were involved in the study where 99.3% were female, 45.3% in the age group of 26-35 years, mean age 27.22±6.612 years, 87.2% bachelor in nursing. Mild to moderate peritraumatic distress was found in 47.33% and 16% of respondents found to have severe distress level. Chi-square test showed that respondents level of knowledge (p=0.003) and presence of chronic disease (p=0.007) was statistically significant with level of distress. Conclusions: Majority of the nurses had some form of psychological distress. Study highlights the need for counseling for distress and mental health during COVID-19 pandemic. A focus on improving mental wellbeing of nurses should be immediately initiated.

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Stress and anxiety among nurses working in tertiary care hospitals in Nepal during COVID- 19 pandemic

Cited by 6 publications

References 17 publications

Psychosocial Problems among Psychiatric Nurses for Caring Patients with Mental Disorders during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Psychosocial Problems among Psychiatric Nurses for Caring Patients with Mental Disorders during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Relationship Between Psychological Resilience and Stress Perception in Nurses in Turkey During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Psychological Impact and their Associated Factors of COVID-19 Pandemic among Nurses of a Metropolitan City of Central Nepal

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