Banitalebi Soheila, Mohammadi Kobra, Marjanian Zhila, Rabiei Leili, Masoudi Reza
Community-Oriented Nursing Midwifery Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
Social Health Determinant Research Center, School of Health, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
J Educ Health Promot. 2021 Oct 29;10:368. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1399_20. eCollection 2021.
The COVID-19 epidemic is a global health crisis that, in addition to physical health, has affected the mental health of all individuals, especially health-care workers, including nurses and family members. In this regard, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of COVID-19 epidemic on mental health of nurses' family members.
The present descriptive-analytic and cross-sectional study was conducted in 2020 year on family members of nurses working in Hajar Hospital for admission and hospitalization of patients with COVID-19, after obtaining the necessary permits and coordination. To prevent the spread of COVID-19 through respiratory or contact droplets, a blog was designed to collect data using software. Participation in this study was voluntary. Data collection tools included consent, demographic questionnaire, and mental health questionnaire (Patient Health Questionnaire-9). Data were analyzed by SPSS version 22.
Findings of this study showed that out of 208 family members of nurses participating in this study, 96 were male and 112 were female and their mean age was 35.78 years, and 55.3% of the participants had university education. Their mean mental health score was 12.91 ± 3.75, so that 22.6% of people had mild depression, 71.4% of people had moderate depression, and 1.8% of people had severe depression. Independent -test showed that there is a statistically significant relationship between mental health and gender and marital status ( < 0.001). Furthermore, one-way analysis of variance test showed that there is a significant relationship between mental health and age ( < 0.001); this test also showed that there is no relationship between education and mental health ( = 0.75).
The results indicate that the mental health of nurses' family members is affected by the challenges of COVID-19 epidemic time, so that many of them suffer from some degree of depression. Therefore, supporting this population requires urgent action.
新冠疫情是一场全球健康危机，除了影响身体健康外，还对所有人的心理健康产生了影响，尤其是医护人员，包括护士及其家属。在此方面，本研究旨在调查新冠疫情对护士家属心理健康的影响。
本描述性分析横断面研究于2020年进行，在获得必要许可并完成协调后，对哈贾尔医院收治新冠患者的护士家属展开研究。为防止新冠病毒通过呼吸道或接触飞沫传播，设计了一个博客，使用软件收集数据。本研究参与是自愿的。数据收集工具包括同意书、人口统计学问卷和心理健康问卷（患者健康问卷-9）。数据采用SPSS 22版进行分析。
本研究结果显示，参与研究的208名护士家属中，男性96名，女性112名，平均年龄为35.78岁，55.3%的参与者拥有大学学历。他们的平均心理健康得分为12.91±3.75，其中22.6%的人有轻度抑郁，71.4%的人有中度抑郁，1.8%的人有重度抑郁。独立样本t检验显示，心理健康与性别和婚姻状况之间存在统计学显著关系（P<0.001）。此外，单因素方差分析显示，心理健康与年龄之间存在显著关系（P<0.001）；该检验还显示，教育程度与心理健康之间没有关系（P=0.75）。
结果表明，护士家属的心理健康受到新冠疫情时期挑战的影响，许多人患有某种程度的抑郁症。因此，支持这一群体需要紧急行动。
