Pasay-An Eddieson
College of Nursing, University of Hail, KSA.
J Taibah Univ Med Sci. 2020 Oct;15(5):404-409. doi: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2020.07.003. Epub 2020 Jul 30.
This study aimed at exploring and comparing the vulnerability to COVID-19, demographic variables and perceived stress of frontline nurses.
This study employed a quantitative comparative-correlational approach. Using the snowball sampling technique, we conducted this study involving 176 frontline nurses from hospitals of the Hail region, KSA.
The frontline nurses showed high perceived infectability (x = 4.36) and germ aversion (x = 5.65) but were moderately stressed (19.19). Of the examined variables, only years of experience resulted in significant differences in germ aversion ( [3] = 8.980, < 0.01). There was no statistically significant difference in perceived infectability and stress. Perceived infectability ( = -0.152, < 0.05) and germ aversion ( = 0.007, > 0.05) were negatively correlated to perceived stress.
In this study, frontline nurses perceived moderate to high stress vulnerability to COVID-19. There were significant differences in germ aversion based on the duration of experience. It is noteworthy that perceived vulnerability to COVID-19 did not impact stress. Paying attention to concerns of nurses can potentially improve preventive practices and positive behaviours in combating the pandemic.
本研究旨在探索和比较一线护士对新冠病毒的易感性、人口统计学变量及感知压力。
本研究采用定量比较相关性研究方法。运用滚雪球抽样技术,对沙特阿拉伯王国海勒地区医院的176名一线护士开展了此项研究。
一线护士表现出较高的感染易感性(x = 4.36)和对病菌的厌恶感(x = 5.65),但压力处于中等水平(19.19)。在所考察的变量中,只有工作年限在病菌厌恶感方面导致了显著差异([3] = 8.980,< 0.01)。在感染易感性和压力方面没有统计学上的显著差异。感染易感性(= -0.152,< 0.05)和病菌厌恶感(= 0.007,> 0.05)与感知压力呈负相关。
在本研究中,一线护士感知到对新冠病毒的压力易感性为中度到高度。基于工作年限,在病菌厌恶感方面存在显著差异。值得注意的是,对新冠病毒的感知易感性并未影响压力。关注护士的担忧可能会改善预防措施及抗击疫情中的积极行为。