Tekkas Kerman Kader, Albayrak Selvinaz, Arkan Gulcihan, Ozabrahamyan Serena, Beser Ayse
Koç University School of Nursing, Istanbul, Turkey.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2022 Aug;31(4):985-1001. doi: 10.1111/inm.13009. Epub 2022 Apr 24.
Lockdown and social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic increase women's responsibilities and influence their mental health. This study aimed to assess the effect of COVID-19 social distancing measures on mental well-being and burnout levels of women using an online cross-sectional survey in Turkey. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale, The Burnout Measure, and Sociodemographic form were used in this study. All analyses were performed on a sample of 438 women aged between 18 and 65. The mean score of mental well-being was 47.86 (SD = 10.04) and the mean score of burnout was 3.86 (SD = 1.16). Being younger than 30 years old (t = 2.14, P = 0.033), having undergraduate education or above (F = 5.09, P = 0.007), part-time working (F = 5.39, P = 0.005), attending to school (t = 2.68, P = 0.008), having COVID-19 symptoms (t = 6.01, P < 0.001), and perceiving spousal emotional support (F = 3.47, P = 0.016) were the factors associated with high burnout. Being older than 30 years old (z = -3.11, P = 0.002), full time working (H = 11.96, P = 0.003), not attending to school (z = -2.09, P = 0.036), perceiving spousal emotional (H = 13.22, P = 0.004), or social (H = 13.11, P = 0.004) support were the factors associated with higher mental well-being. Age (β = -0.03, P = 0.001), having two or more children (β = 0.42, P = 0.015), and perceiving COVID-19 symptoms (β = -0.73, P < 0.001) were the predictors of women's burnout. This study shows that mental well-being and burnout levels of women in Turkey have been considerably affected as a result of social distancing measures taken with the first wave of the pandemic. Findings signal the immediate need for targeted mental health nursing interventions. Therefore, technology-based mental health support programmes are recommended to be designed and utilized by mental health nurses.
新冠疫情期间的封锁和社交距离措施增加了女性的责任，并影响她们的心理健康。本研究旨在通过在土耳其进行的一项在线横断面调查，评估新冠疫情社交距离措施对女性心理健康和倦怠水平的影响。本研究使用了沃里克-爱丁堡心理健康量表、倦怠量表和社会人口学表格。所有分析均基于438名年龄在18至65岁之间的女性样本进行。心理健康的平均得分为47.86（标准差=10.04），倦怠的平均得分为3.86（标准差=1.16）。年龄小于30岁（t=2.14，P=0.033）、拥有本科及以上学历（F=5.09，P=0.007）、兼职工作（F=5.39，P=0.005）、上学（t=2.68，P=0.008）、有新冠症状（t=6.01，P<0.001）以及感受到配偶的情感支持（F=3.47，P=0.016）是与高倦怠相关的因素。年龄大于30岁（z=-3.11，P=0.002）、全职工作（H=11.96，P=0.003）、不上学（z=-2.09，P=0.036）、感受到配偶的情感（H=13.22，P=0.004）或社会支持（H=13.11，P=0.004）是与更高心理健康相关的因素。年龄（β=-0.03，P=0.001）、有两个或更多孩子（β=0.42，P=0.015）以及感受到新冠症状（β=-0.73，P<0.001）是女性倦怠的预测因素。本研究表明，由于疫情第一波采取的社交距离措施，土耳其女性的心理健康和倦怠水平受到了相当大的影响。研究结果表明迫切需要有针对性的心理健康护理干预措施。因此，建议心理健康护士设计并利用基于技术的心理健康支持项目。
