College of Nursing, Konyang University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Konyang University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
West J Nurs Res. 2023 Jun;45(6):554-561. doi: 10.1177/01939459231152121. Epub 2023 Jan 30.
Frontline screening nurses experienced exhaustion and depressive symptoms as a long-term impact of COVID-19. This study aimed to explore fatigue, depression, and empowerment among frontline screening nurses and examine the factors influencing depression. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The study included 140 frontline screening nurses in South Korea recruited from February to March 2021. The measures included a fatigue scale, the Text of Items Measuring Empowerment (TIME), and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). The STROBE checklist was used for reporting aspects of the cross-sectional design. Frontline screening nurses showed high fatigue scores ( = 3.47, = 0.55), and 55.7% ( = 78) of them were depressed and had low empowerment scores ( = 3.53, = 0.69). Empowerment and fatigue were predictors of depression. Increased empowerment and decreased fatigue were important in decreasing depression. Therefore, efforts to provide sufficient staffing, screening for depression, and listening to nurses' voices are necessary.
一线筛查护士在长期应对新冠疫情的过程中经历了疲惫和抑郁症状。本研究旨在探讨一线筛查护士的疲劳、抑郁和赋权状况，并研究影响抑郁的因素。这是一项描述性的横断面研究。研究对象为 2021 年 2 月至 3 月期间从韩国招募的 140 名一线筛查护士。研究采用的测量工具包括疲劳量表、赋权文本测量量表（TIME）和流行病学研究中心抑郁量表（CES-D）。本研究采用 STROBE 清单报告了横断面设计的各个方面。一线筛查护士的疲劳评分较高（=3.47，=0.55），其中 55.7%（=78）的人抑郁，赋权评分较低（=3.53，=0.69）。赋权和疲劳是抑郁的预测因素。增加赋权和减少疲劳对于降低抑郁非常重要。因此，需要努力提供充足的人员配置、筛查抑郁和倾听护士的声音。
