Mirbazegh Seyedeh Fatemeh, Ranjbaran Simin, Allameh Seyed Farshad, Hakemi Ali Ganjalikhan, Rezaie Fereshteh, Jannat Forouzandeh, Harouni Gholamreza Ghaedamini, Moghaddam Ladan Fattah
Nursing Affair Directory, Vice Chancellorship for Clinical Administration, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2024 Jul 2;29(3):314-319. doi: 10.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_360_22. eCollection 2024 May-Jun.
COVID-19 is an example of an epidemic and sudden crisis that has affected many aspects of life and work and identifying the factors that contribute to its impact can help prevent similar crises in the future. The purpose of this study was to investigate fear of COVID-19, health anxiety, and work-family conflict in nurses working in COVID-19 wards in hospitals affiliated with the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS).
This descriptive-analytical study used a census method to survey 226 nurses working in eight hospitals affiliated with TUMS. Demographics information and three questionnaires including; the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, Short Health Anxiety Inventory, and Work-Family Conflict Scale were completed online. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and analytical statistics, and a significance level of < 0.05 was considered.
Structural equation modeling test showed that work-family conflict had an effect on health anxiety, and health anxiety had an effect on fear of COVID-19 ( < 0.05). The severity of the effect of work-family conflict on health anxiety was 0.73, and the severity of the effect of health anxiety on fear of COVID-19 was 0.46. Work-family conflict had an indirect effect on fear of COVID-19 mediated only by health anxiety ( < 0.05) and the severity of the indirect effect was 0.33.
Health anxiety plays a mediating role in the relationship between work-family conflict and fear of COVID-19. Workplaces should provide more support to their employees during a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and prevention programs should be implemented to decrease anxiety.
2019冠状病毒病是一场影响生活和工作诸多方面的流行病及突发危机，识别造成其影响的因素有助于预防未来类似危机。本研究旨在调查德黑兰医科大学（TUMS）附属医院新冠病房护士对2019冠状病毒病的恐惧、健康焦虑和工作-家庭冲突情况。
本描述性分析研究采用普查法，对TUMS下属八家医院的226名护士进行了调查。人口统计学信息以及三份问卷，包括：2019冠状病毒病恐惧量表、简易健康焦虑量表和工作-家庭冲突量表，均通过在线方式完成。数据采用描述性统计和分析性统计进行分析，显著性水平设定为<0.05。
结构方程模型测试表明，工作-家庭冲突对健康焦虑有影响，健康焦虑对2019冠状病毒病恐惧有影响（<0.05）。工作-家庭冲突对健康焦虑的影响程度为0.73，健康焦虑对2019冠状病毒病恐惧的影响程度为0.46。工作-家庭冲突仅通过健康焦虑对2019冠状病毒病恐惧有间接影响（<0.05），间接影响程度为0.33。
健康焦虑在工作-家庭冲突与2019冠状病毒病恐惧之间的关系中起中介作用。在2019冠状病毒病大流行等危机期间，工作场所应向员工提供更多支持，并应实施预防方案以减轻焦虑。
