Alharbi Homood A
Medical-Surgical Department, College of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Front Public Health. 2025 Jun 11;13:1557767. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1557767. eCollection 2025.
As frontline healthcare workers, nurses played major roles during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in intensive care units (ICUs) where severe cases were managed. In this cross-sectional study, ICU nurses in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, were surveyed to examine their self-efficacy during the pandemic. Hence, this study aimed to assess the level of SE among ICU nurses, and to explore its associations and differences based on specific sociodemographic and work-related factors.
The data obtained from 135 ICU nurses using a self-administered validated General Self Efficacy (GSE) scale was subjected to the analysis of variance and Spearman coefficient Pearson correlation tests.
The self-efficacy score (31.8 ± 7.46) varied significantly according to age, nationality, and religion (at = 0.04, 0.00, and 0.002, respectively). Older nurses tended to provide more favorable responses to the GSE items. Indian nurses exhibited the highest self-efficacy levels, followed by their Filipino counterparts, while Saudi nurses demonstrated the lowest levels.
According to ICU nurses' self-reported GSE scale responses, they demonstrated a high level of self-efficacy during the pandemic. While these findings are based on a small and relatively homogenous cohort recruited at a single healthcare institution, they suggest that greater access to training and mentorship will enable Saudi ICU nurses to confidently and efficiently take increasingly independent and complex clinical roles.
作为一线医护人员，护士在新冠疫情期间发挥了重要作用，尤其是在管理重症病例的重症监护病房（ICU）。在这项横断面研究中，对沙特阿拉伯王国利雅得的ICU护士进行了调查，以考察他们在疫情期间的自我效能感。因此，本研究旨在评估ICU护士的自我效能水平，并基于特定的社会人口学和工作相关因素探讨其关联和差异。
从135名ICU护士那里获得的数据使用经过验证的自我管理一般自我效能感（GSE）量表，对其进行方差分析和Spearman系数Pearson相关检验。
自我效能得分（31.8±7.46）根据年龄、国籍和宗教信仰有显著差异（分别为P = 0.04、0.00和0.002）。年长的护士对GSE项目往往给出更积极的回答。印度护士的自我效能水平最高，其次是菲律宾护士，而沙特护士的自我效能水平最低。
根据ICU护士自我报告的GSE量表回答，他们在疫情期间表现出较高的自我效能水平。虽然这些发现是基于在单一医疗机构招募的一个规模较小且相对同质的队列，但它们表明，获得更多的培训和指导将使沙特ICU护士能够自信且高效地承担日益独立和复杂的临床角色。
