Health Problems and Reasons for Stress of Intensive Care Nurses During COVID-19

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dc.contributor.authorUgras, Gulay Altun
dc.contributor.authorYuksel, Serpil
dc.contributor.authorDolek, Elife Kettas
dc.contributor.authorErden, Sevilay
dc.contributor.authorSirin, Keziban
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-23T14:41:07Z
dc.date.available2024-02-23T14:41:07Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentNEÜen_US
dc.description.abstractAIM: This study aimed to examine health problems and related reasons for stress including physiological, psychological, and patient-care-related stressors among intensive care unit (ICU) nurses during COVID-19 in Turkey. METHOD: This study was designed as a cross-sectional study. Data were collected between June and July 2020 and from 1140 ICU nurses who were actively working in the pandemic process from 65 provinces in Turkey. An online questionnaire was used consisting of questions regarding nurses' health problems, reasons for psychological, physiological, and patient care-related stress during the pandemic. Descriptive data were presented in mean, median, or number and percentage. RESULTS: Only 15.6% of ICU nurses experienced health problems. Nurses had psychological symptoms such as anxiety, insomnia, and physiological symptoms such as respiratory, musculoskeletal symptoms. The majority of nurses experienced the following psychological stressors: fear of being a COVID-19 carrier and infecting loved ones, and getting sick with COVID-19. Reasons for physiological stress were mostly due to working with personal protective equipment (PPE), skipping toilet breaks, and inadequate hydration. Reasons for patient care-related stress included excessive sweating in PPE, fogging of goggles, and inability to select a venipuncture site with double gloves. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study indicate that almost one-fifth of ICU nurses experience various health problems although most of them experience intense psychological, physiological, and patient care-related stress.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.5152/fnjn.2022.21002
dc.identifier.endpage63en_US
dc.identifier.issn2687-6442
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.pmid35635348en_US
dc.identifier.startpage55en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5152/fnjn.2022.21002
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12452/16717
dc.identifier.volume30en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000773343200009en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAvesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofFlorence Nightingale Journal Of Nursingen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectCovid-19en_US
dc.subjectHealth Problemsen_US
dc.subjectIntensive Care Uniten_US
dc.subjectNursesen_US
dc.subjectStressen_US
dc.titleHealth Problems and Reasons for Stress of Intensive Care Nurses During COVID-19en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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