Διερεύνηση της σχέσης μεταξύ του εργασιακού στρές, του φόβου για την πανδημία του COVID-19 και των συμπεριφορών φροντίδας σε νοσηλευτές

Abstract

Introduction: Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, health professionals showed high rates of fear and work stress.Purpose: The main purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship of work stress and fear of COVID-19 with caring behaviors, while also examining their correlation with the demographic and professional characteristics of nurses.Material and method: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on a sample of 90 nurses working at the Panarkadian General Hospital of Tripoli 'The Evangelistria'.Three research instruments were used for data collection, which was conducted online: (1) the Expanded Nursing Stress Scale (ENSS), (2) the Caring Behaviors Inventory (CBI) and (3) the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S).Results: There was no effect of fear and work stress on caring behaviors.25% of changes in work stress are explained by changes in fear.The dimension of fear received a mean value of 17.15 (SD 6.18), which is characterized as low (scale 7-35), the dimension of work stress received a mean value of 2.46 (SD 0.70)and is characterized as moderate to high (scale 0- 4), while caring behaviors received an average value of 5.14 (SD 0.48) which is considered high (scale 1-6).Fear of COVID-19 is greater among nurses aged 18-30, nurses with 0-10 years of experience, and nurses with flexible hours.Work stress is more intense in nurses aged 41-50 and nurses with 11-20 years of experience.Female nurses report higher levels of caring behaviors than male nurses.Conclusions:The fear of COVID-19 experienced by nurses has a significant effect on increasing their work stress.There was no effect of fear and work stress on caring behaviors.Specific demographic and occupational characteristics of nurses are associated with enhanced levels of fear and job stress and reduced levels of caring behaviors.

Keywords: Fear of COVID-19, work stress, caring behaviors, nurses.