A cross-sectional study of mental health status and self-psychological adjustment in nurses who supported Wuhan for fighting against the COVID-19.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Blackwell Scientific Publications Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9207302 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1365-2702 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 09621067 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Clin Nurs
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Oxford ; Boston : Blackwell Scientific Publications, c1992-
    • Subject Terms:
      Emotional Adjustment*; COVID-19/*nursing ; Nursing Staff, Hospital/*psychology; Adult ; China ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pandemics ; Prospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Surveys and Questionnaires
    • Abstract:
      Aims and Objectives: To evaluate the mental health status, stressors and self-adjustment of nurses in isolation wards at different periods in Wuhan, China.
      Background: Mental health issues easily occurred among the frontline medical workers of a major epidemic. However, the stressors and psychological adjustments experienced by nurses have not been well described. This is crucial to improving clinical quality and nursing safety and ensuring nurses' physical and psychological health.
      Methods: We performed a cross-sectional prospective study using the Self Reporting Questionnaire-20, stressor and self-adjustment questionnaire administered to frontline nurses in Wuhan at two time points: after they had worked in isolation wards for 7-10 days (T 1 ) and 2 months (T 2 ). This paper complies with the STROBE reporting guideline for cross-sectional studies.
      Results: T 1 has 92 respondents, and T 2 has 86. The positive rates of mental health problems were 26.09% and 9.30%, respectively, showing significantly different in the two periods. The main factors influenced mental health were self-perceived stress and only child status. The most common stressors were as follows: a large infected population, high infectivity; concerned about family's health status; high mortality if not treated in time (T 1 ); and long duration of the epidemic, separate from family for a long time (T 2 ). In terms of self-adjustment, 97.83%(T 1 )/88.04%(T 2 ) of nurses thought it was necessary, but 9(T 1 ) /5(T 2 ) chose to avoid addressing it, and 8(T 1 ) /5(T 2 ) utilised a professional psychological counselling hotline.
      Conclusions: Mental health problems among frontline nurses fighting COVID-19 need special attention, so administrators should offer timely counselling and strengthen effective psychosocial support to improve their mental resilience.
      Relevance to Clinical Practice: This study surveyed the mental problems and self-adjustment status among nurses working Wuhan during the outbreak of COVID-19, to provide administrators with a scientific basis to effectively intervene.
      (© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: COVID-19; Clinical; Infection Control; Mental Health; Novel coronavirus; Nurses; Psychological Adaptation; Psychological and Social Coping; Stress
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20200807 Date Completed: 20201224 Latest Revision: 20220720
    • Publication Date:
      20240628
    • Accession Number:
      PMC7436217
    • Accession Number:
      10.1111/jocn.15444
    • Accession Number:
      32757428